Otto Martin founded the company on February 4, 1922 at the age of 20 in Benningen near Ottobeuren. The first
woodworking machine was a combined circular saw, milling machine and
long-hole drilling machine in wood construction. On 2nd November, 1930 the company moved to Ottobeuren.
Production of combined milling machines, jointers, band saws and combined planing machines and also small tractors for agriculture. Martin invented the steel-concrete machine stand and introduced cast iron table tops. In 1942, the company sets up a foundry on its own premises.
In 1950, tractor production was discontinued after 507 deliveries. The first combined dressing machine / surface planer were developed and produced. The first export contacts were made and in 1952, the company participated in the “Hanover fair” for the first time. In 1959, exports to the USA started with the delivery of a T17 circular table saw. The production of the T75, the world’s first sliding table saw, with a saw blade that can be tilted at up to 45°, begins. Invention of the still popular mitre cross-cut table for sliding table saws and introduction of the steel forced guide of the sliding table, according to a principle still in use today.
Otto Martin senior dies on 14th April 1964. The company is converted to a Ltd company, Otto Martin Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, with the sons of the company’s founder, Otto Martin junior and Max Martin, joining the company.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the company introduces innovations like the world’s first spindle moulder with alternating spindle up/down, wear-free electrical brakes as a standard on all machines and the hydraulic height and tilt adjustment of the saw blade on sliding table saws.
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