In 1956, the business was acquired by the Eisenbeiss family and a production facility for adhesives was built in the town of Wiesloch, near Heidelberg, Germany. Here new areas of growth in the production of chemical products for the screenprinting and textile printing industries were developed. High quality products such as AZOCOL emulsions and the PREGAN and PREGASOL lines soon became top sellers around the world. The systematic growth in applications and customer education provided a further impulse towards product development. KIWO became a worldwide influential industry leader in chemical systems for screenprinting by bringing numerous innovations to the market. KIWO oriented itself to fulfill the demands of the market using the synergy of three branches of industry: screen printing, textile printing and adhesives. Today KIWO offers complete solutions in screenprinting chemistry and technology with products of the highest quality. Using KIWO products, KIWO world wide customers can optimise their workflow resulting in a more productive screen printing operation. Combining digital technology with screenprinting, the direct imaging KIWO ScreenSetter and the I-Jet 2 computer to screen imaging system, are leading the technological advancement and creating new growth opportunities for screen printers. Recently Kissel + Wolf Australia became a sales and service distributor of Kornit DTG printing solutions, which gives our customers a chance to keep up with market demands for short print runs, personalisation and custom prints.
