Our Company History

1933

The company "Metallwerk Karl Bullmer" is founded.

1953

Move to a new factory building in Mehrstetten (administrativ destrict: Reutlingen) with an effective area of approx. 1000m² for the manufacturing of cutting machines among other things.

1957

Expansion of the company grounds by another branch of production in which hand cutting machines and band knifes are produced exclusively.

1958

Batch production commencement of cutting-off and spreading machines.

1960

The first cutting-off transfer line with cloth roll transport system and cloth roll loader are developed - a pioneering achievement for the textile processing industry.

1964

The engineer G.O. Stumpf (designer) is appointed as managing shareholder of the re-established "BullmerWerk Kommanditgesellschaft".

1965

"BullmerWerk KG" is on the market with a product range of approx. 100 types of machines. 80 intellectual property rights are located to the company.

1966

Construction of a modern production hall for cutting manufacturing starts.

1970

The production capacities are extended by a department for shaping of sheet.

1975

The production program is extended to 180 different machine and device types, of which as many as 50 are different types of spreading machines. The protective rights are increase to 220. The effective area of the company buildings is extended to 11.000m². The products of BullmerWerk are marketed to over 60 countries in the world mainly by own sales companies.

1980s

In the ´80s the first numerically controlled, fully automated cutting machines are developed.

1987

Acquisition by company "Pfaff AG".

1989

Continuation of the enterprise by the general manager Eng. Rolf Jung.

1999

Purchase of the enterprise through "assyst GmbH". The company is traded under the name "assyst/bullmer Spezialmaschinen GmbH". Through the fusion the number of customers worldwide increases to over 7000 in 60 countries of the world.

2006

Foundation of the company "TopCut GmbH" based in Gersthofen near Augsburg. The company starts with 6 high-skilled workers and initially concentrates on the service of single-ply-multifunction-cutters and the support of the CAD software OptiTex, mainly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

2007

The first TopCut proprietary development, the leathercuttingsystem "ProNest" with conveyor-silngle-ply-cutter and laserprojectionsystem is presented and installed for customers for the first at the end of the year.

2008

The personnel of TopCut increases to 19 specialised employees. Moreover, new products for cutting composite material and leather are presented on the market.

2009

The company "TopCut GmbH" takes over all assets of "assyst/bullmer Spezialmaschinen GmbH". The purchase is transacted proportionally with the chinese investor "New Jack Sewing Machine Co.Ltd". The company is renamed as "topcut-bullmer GmbH".