Schiesser

Schiesser is a German underwear and lingerie brand founded in 1875 by Jacques Schiesser. Headquartered in Radolfzell, Germany, the company developed from a nineteenth-century textile manufacturer into a recognizable underwear business with an international profile. Its core identity is associated with knitted underwear, everyday comfort, and durable construction rather than fashion-led seasonal clothing. The company expanded rapidly during its first decades. By 1880, it employed approximately 280 people. When Jacques Schiesser died of heart failure in 1913, the business had grown to around 1,200 employees. That early scale-up established Schiesser as a substantial industrial textile enterprise and provided the production base for its later development as a global underwear brand. Schiesser’s principal commercial field is intimate apparel, including underwear and lingerie. Its broader assortment has also been described as including loungewear and socks. The brand’s positioning centers on comfort, quality, and dependable everyday wear, with products intended for regular use rather than limited-edition or highly trend-driven consumption. This places Schiesser in the accessible-to-premium segment of the underwear market, although the available reference material does not provide a formal price-tier definition. Since 2011, Schiesser has been owned by the Israeli corporation Delta Galil Industries Ltd. The acquisition placed the German brand within a larger international apparel group while preserving Schiesser’s established brand identity and German headquarters. Delta Galil’s ownership also connected Schiesser to a broader global intimate-apparel portfolio. Specific financial results, current management details, manufacturing locations, and country-by-country operating data are not established in the supplied reference material.

Schiesser was established in 1875 by Jacques Schiesser in Germany. The company began as a textile and underwear manufacturer and built its identity around knitted garments designed for practical, everyday use. Its early development illustrates the industrialization of textile production in late nineteenth-century Germany, when mechanized manufacturing and expanding distribution enabled specialized apparel companies to reach a larger consumer base. The business grew substantially within its first five years. By 1880, Schiesser employed about 280 people, indicating that it had moved beyond a small workshop scale and become a significant manufacturing operation. Growth continued into the early twentieth century. Jacques Schiesser died of heart failure in 1913, by which time the company employed approximately 1,200 people. The increase from 280 employees in 1880 to 1,200 employees in 1913 reflects the company's rapid expansion before the First World War, although the supplied sources do not detail its ownership structure, factories, product innovations, or distribution system during that period. Over the following decades, Schiesser developed into a broader underwear and lingerie brand. Its commercial reputation became associated with quality knitwear, comfort, and durable basics. The brand's assortment has included underwear, lingerie, loungewear, and socks, with men's and women's underwear forming central parts of its offer. Rather than being defined primarily by runway fashion or highly seasonal collections, Schiesser has been positioned around functional intimate apparel and clothing for daily wear. The company is headquartered in Radolfzell, Germany. The reference material describes Schiesser as having developed into a global brand, but it does not provide a complete list of markets, retail locations, production sites, or revenue figures. Consequently, the precise geographic scope and current operating model cannot be documented here without additional sources. A major ownership change occurred in 2011, when Schiesser became owned by Delta Galil Industries Ltd., an Israeli corporation active in apparel. The change connected Schiesser to an international corporate group while retaining the brand's German identity and Radolfzell headquarters. Delta Galil's ownership is the latest major corporate milestone identified in the supplied material. No reliable information was provided about subsequent executive appointments, restructurings, product launches, campaigns, controversies, or financial performance.

• 2011

  Ownership transferred to Delta Galil

  [1]Schiesseren.wikipedia.org

  Israeli apparel corporation Delta Galil Industries Ltd. became the owner of Schiesser.

• 1913

  Founder dies as company reaches major scale

  [1]Schiesseren.wikipedia.org

  Jacques Schiesser died of heart failure. The company employed approximately 1,200 people at that time.

• 1880

  Early industrial expansion

  [1]Schiesseren.wikipedia.org

  The company had grown to approximately 280 employees, demonstrating substantial expansion during its first five years.

• 1875

  Company founded

  [1]Schiesseren.wikipedia.org

  Jacques Schiesser founded the German textile and underwear company that became the Schiesser brand.

A German underwear and lingerie brand focused on comfort, quality, knitted textile construction, and dependable everyday wear.

• Intimate apparel

  Underwear

  Underwear is Schiesser's core product area. The brand is historically associated with knitted intimate apparel designed for comfort, regular wear, and durability. The available material identifies men's and women's underwear as central offerings, but it does not specify individual collections, materials, technical features, or launch dates.

• Intimate apparel

  Lingerie

  Schiesser operates in the broader lingerie category alongside its underwear business. Its brand profile emphasizes practical quality and comfort rather than providing a detailed fashion or design segmentation. Specific current lingerie lines and collection names are not established in the supplied references.

• Apparel

  Loungewear

  Loungewear extends Schiesser's comfort-oriented positioning beyond intimate apparel into clothing intended for relaxation and at-home use. The existing dossier identifies loungewear as part of the typical assortment, but the supplied sources do not identify specific product families or introduction dates.

• Hosiery

  Socks

  Socks are included in the brand's reported typical product assortment, complementing its underwear and everyday-basics positioning. No detailed information about construction, ranges, distribution, or product launches is available in the supplied reference material.

• 2011

  Change of ownership to Delta GalilM&A

  Background

  After more than a century as a German underwear business, Schiesser entered the ownership of the Israeli apparel corporation Delta Galil Industries Ltd.

  Action taken

  Delta Galil acquired ownership of Schiesser and incorporated the established brand into its international apparel group.

  Aftermath

  Schiesser continued to be identified as a German brand headquartered in Radolfzell. The supplied sources do not provide transaction value, integration details, or subsequent financial effects.

  Source

1. 1Schiesseren.wikipedia.org
2. 2Schiesser official websiteschiesser.com
3. 3Delta Galil Industries official websitedeltagalil.com