General Info

Schlegel Systems, Inc., founded in the1880s and was a manufacturer of surrey fringe for horse-drawn buggies. When the automobile replaced the buggy, Schlegel supplied woven interior trim for the newly formed car companies. During the Second World War, Schlegel switched production to defense work.Product range now includes pile weatherstripping and plastic profiles, begun in the 1940s for the building industry. A continuous molded urethane process for foam weatherstripping was added in the 1960s. Today Schlegel is the leading worldwide supplier of copier cleaning fabrics, brushes, and static control devices.In 1987, Schlegel pioneered the use of conductive fabric clad foam products to control electromagnetic interference (EMI) in computers and other electronic products. In 1987, Schlegel sold its first EMI gasket to IBM. Schlegel is a Tier one supplier in the door and window construction industry.