The legend of Altendorf – the legend of the sliding table saw.
Berlin, 1906: In order to produce his own furniture designs, Wilhelm Altendorf built a

Altendorf - the success story.
In 2006 Altendorf is celebrating its centenary. The company's success story is also the story of the sliding table saw itself. Invented in 1906 by Wilhelm Altendorf, the sons of the company's founder, Kurt and Willy Altendorf, decided in 1956 to concentrate solely on manufacturing sliding table saws featuring the "Altendorf system". Thus Altendorf became a specialist, and the stage was set for its sliding table saws to begin their conquest of the world. Over 120,000 of these sliding table saws have been used to date in carpentry workshops and joineries as well as in the woodworking, metalworking and plastics-processing industry.

machine saw on which the workpiece is guided over the saw blade on a sliding table – a technique that greatly simplified trimming and sizing panels. He never dreamt that with this "sliding table and edging circular saw to the Altendorf system" he would be laying the foundations of a global company. Over the course of the following century "the Altendorf" became a legend, and the company became the undisputed world market leader for sliding table saws.