Lindauer DORNIER GmbH was founded in 1950 and initially manufactured shuttle weaving machines. Then textile finishing machines were added and these supplemented by dryers for the paperboard, paper and gypsum fireboard industry as well as film stretching machines for the production of high-quality plastic films, products with which Lindauer DORNIER GmbH nowadays counts among the world's market leaders. With the introduction of a shuttleless weaving machine in 1967 the stage was set for the Company's advancement to the biggest German and at the same time internationally renowned weaving machine manufacturer. In 1989 the delivery program was supplemented by an air-jet weaving machine.

Since 2014 Lindauer DORNIER GmbH combines its competences of the whole process chain - from roving up to the thermoplastic composite material. The in-house available know-how in the textile and specialty machinery sectors are integrated into DORNIER Composite Systems®.