Luwa

Luwa is a global air filtration company that provides air filtration solutions for textile, non-woven and other industries that have fibers and fibrous dust in them. Luwa Pneumafil is a manufacturer of Air Control Devices, Filtration Systems, Dust Pollution Equipment, Trim Removal Collection and Fiber Handling Equipment. Luwa and Pneumafil were founded by the brothers Hans C and Walter A Bechtler in 1935 in Zurich, Switzerland. Hans was an engineer with a master’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT and Walter was a doctor in political science; they were both in their 20’s at the time.

Luwa is the oldest company that still works in the textile industry today. Luwa Pneumafil has subsidiaries in China, India, Singapore, Turkey and the United States, and the company’s activities include design and engineering of single components and whole systems, as well as manufacturing, assembly, installation and after-sales services.

When Hans and Walter founded Luwa in 1935, they decided on the name Luwa because they were manufacturing and installing automated heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems. The first part of the name “Lu” derived from the German word “Luft” which means air, and the second part of the name “wa” derived from the German word Wärme which means heat. In 1941 Luwa patented special exhaust systems for spinning machines, for the Pneumafil systems, and launched the TAC (Total Air Control) philosophy which is still a philosophy that is used extensively to this day. The name Pneumafil derives from the French word “Pneuma” which means air and “Fil” which means thread.

Hans Bechtler had previously worked for Carrier, an American-based air filtration company. When Luwa introduced the Pneumafil systems at a trade show in 1946, Carrier in England became acquainted and started selling their systems in England. Hans and Walter wanted to expand their industry to the large textile market in America and Hans reached out to his old colleague, Pete Harris. After receiving their first orders and understanding that their Pneumafil systems were sought after in the textile industry, Hans and Walter decided to expand. Pneumafil was incorporated on April 24, 1946 in Delaware. In about a month, Pneumafil held its first board meeting in a law office in New York City’s Rockefeller Center. Pete Harris soon after left Carrier to join Pneumafil and ran the company as executive vice president.

In choosing the location for the newly incorporated company Pneumafil, Hans and Pete decided that it should be located in Charlotte, NC. The reason for choosing Charlotte was because of the large concentration of textile mills and potential future customers. Pneumafil moved in on Wilkinson Boulevard in Charlotte, where Pneumafil stayed until late 1980’s when they decided to move to Chesapeake Drive in Charlotte. Luwa and Pneumafil owned 30 acres of land on Chesapeake Drive which they purchased in 1962. Both Luwa and Pneumafil are located at 4500 Chesapeake Drive to this day, and the manufacturing plant is named “The Harris Plant” after former Pneumafil vice president Pete Harris. Luwa and Pneumafil were split up in 1998 when Beacon Industrial Group acquired Pneumafil from the Bechtler brothers. Luwa was later acquired by a different equity capital group called Gruenwald Equity Group. In 2013, Pneumafil was acquired by Nederman, a Swedish public company that later adopted the Pneumafil location in Charlotte, NC. In 2018, Luwa was also acquired by Nederman and at the beginning of 2020 Nederman officially merged Luwa America and Pneumafil into a single business.

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