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The roots of the KNILL Gruppe go back to the year 1712, when Mosdorfer was mentioned as blade forge in Weiz for the first time. At that time the majority of the yearly production of sabres, blades and sickles was already exported worldwide.
With the marriage of Friedrich Knill and the second daughter of Moritz Mosdorfer in the year 1929 the era of the Knill family began. As managing director of the Mosdorfer GmbH Friedrich Knill led the company to an important milestone in the history, the first order of fittings for the 220 kV overhead line in Kaprun-Ernsthofen in the year 1949. This order did not only bring the determining change in the production programme but also the entry in the energy business as well as the restructuring from a blade forge to an electrical factory.
In 1974 his son Gunther Knill took over the management of the Mosdorfer GmbH. Gunther Knill brought the individual company to an internationally renowned group of companies, which is not only in the energy industry but - after the acquisition of the second largest cable manufacturer Rosendahl Frisch in 1997 – also in the technology area among the world’s best.
After very successful years of management Gunther Knill transferred the responsibility to his sons Christian and Georg Knill. Their aim is to further strategically develop the group by continually striving for market leadership and growth in emerging markets, thereby securing the existing.
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