develop fully mechanised silk weaving at Rüti. Staub was of particular significance for establishing in 1855 a charitable institution at Horgen to teach the techniques of silk weaving for the first time in S [...] factory of 130 Jacquard looms further down the lake at Burghalden. This was the largest Jacquard-weaving factory in Switzerland. Straub’s business experimented with new techniques but it struggled to compete [...] three-year course. The school continued until 1864 and set a model for the creation of a public silk-weaving school at Zurich.

Thornton. In 1838 he built a mill for spinning flax in Pottendorf. He also supplied equipment for weaving, aiding growth throughout Austria’s textile industries. His brothers followed him to Austria and

years he opened a dyeing plant and a steam-powered weaving mill on the same site. By 1852, the factory employed 250 people. In 1859, Wahren acquired a weaving mill at Viksberg and began exporting to Russia