The story of the success of Altendorf is the story of the success of a machine: the sliding table saw invented in 1906 by Wilhelm Altendorf. Kurt and Willy Altendorf, the founder's sons, decided in 1956 to focus exclusively on manufacturing sliding table saws according to the "Altendorf system", turning Altendorf into a specialist and setting the Altendorf sliding table saw on course to conquer the world. The number of Altendorf sliding table saws put to work in carpentry, cabinet-making and joinery workshops and wood, metal and plastics processing companies around the world has now surpassed 150,000.
