The Gustav Gerster GmbH & Co. KG is a family-owned company based in Biberach an der Riß, Germany. It produces curtains, ready made fabrics, curtain tapes, trimmings and technical textiles.^[1]

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Gustav Gerster

Company type	GmbH & Co. KG
Industry	Textile industry
Founded	1882
Headquarters	Biberach an der Riß, Germany
Key people	Jens Gerster, Martin Gerster
Revenue	EUR 40 million
Number of employees	450
Website	www.gerster.com

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Founded in 1882 as a small textile trimmings company, Gerster developed into the largest trimmings, tieback and tassel manufacturer in Germany.^[2]

In the 1950s, Gerster began the production of curtain tapes. Now the company manufactures over 40 million metres per year.

It has been about 25 years that curtain production was added to the manufacturing programme.

In 2004, Gerster TechTex was created as a new business unit, specially designed for the production of technical narrow tapes. One main focus of this new department is the use of reinforcing and auxiliary materials for the composite-market.

There are 450 employees producing high-quality articles in the headquarters in Germany (Biberach) and in the subsidiary in Poland (opened in 1995).

In 2007, Gustav Gerster celebrated its 125th birthday.

• Curtains (woven, embroidered and printed fabrics…)
• Ready made fabrics (eyelet and tab panels, café-style curtains and roman blinds...)
• Curtain tapes
• Trimmings and accessories (decorative tiebacks, tassels, cords and fringes)
• Technical textiles (resin distribution tapes, gussets, spiral bands, hoses…)

The Gustav Gerster GmbH & Co. KG supports the Biberacher Schützenfest, a transregional known festival, by providing donations and products of the company for the parade-, costume- and theatre-equipment.