Foundation of the first company of the group in Mühlheim an der Donau.

Karl Leibinger's great-grandfather founds a watchmaking business and names it after his son Karl Leibinger. He soon concentrates on the manufacture of surgical instruments.

By the way: the doubling of the name is no coincidence, but comes from a family tradition. Thus, the men of the Leibinger family always alternate between the first names Ludwig and Karl. The Leibingers are now running our company in the 4_^th and 5_^th generation. Ludwig Leibinger - Karl Leibinger - Ludwig Leibinger - Karl Leibinger - Christian Leibinger. Even if it doen not look like it at first glance, Christian Leibinger also keeps up the tradition. His second name is Ludwig.

Merger with six other medical technology companies and joint sales via Gebrüder Martin

Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik joins forces with six other medical technology manufacturers in the Tuttlingen area to compete against larger competitors. From now on, the manufacturers' products are distributed via Gebrüder Martin. The merger results in a complex shareholder structure with many shareholders. Among the medical technology manufacturers is also the company Gebrüder Berchtold - the predecessor company of our current location in Freiburg.

Karl Leibinger joins the company

Following the sudden death of his father in an accident, Karl Leibinger joins the company as the youngest shareholder at the age of just 24. His dream is to be able to lead the company into the future on his own at some point and to shape it according to his visions.

Purchase of further company shares by the Leibinger family

Karl Leibinger starts buying the shares of the other shareholders and thus takes the first step towards fulfilling his dream.

Introduction of the KLS Martin Group umbrella brand

We introduce the umbrella brand KLS Martin Group. All our worldwide group companies now operate under this brand.

By the way: We will retain the umbrella brand KLS Martin Group worldwide even after the change of name of our three German companies to KLS Martin SE & Co. KG.

Christian Leibinger joins the company

Christian Leibinger joins the company and from then on shares his father's lifelong dream of uniting all the companies of the KLS Martin Group under one roof.

Purchase of the last shareholder shares

The purchase of the last minority shares by the Leibinger family takes place.

Legal merger of the three remaining large German companies

Finally, the three remaining German companies merge into one company also on paper and are now called KLS Martin SE & Co. KG

In addition to the change of name of the three German companies, our locations in the Netherlands, Italy and Japan are also changing their company names, so that all company location names are now unified.

• Martin Nederland/Marned BV will then be called KLS Martin Nederland B.V.
• Martin Italia S.r.l. will then be called KLS Martin Italia S.r.l.
• Nippon Martin K.K. will then be called KLS Martin Japan K.K.