Putzmeister turns 60 this year. After founding the company in 1958 as Karl Schlecht Maschinenbau and the production of plastering machines, the company was renamed to Putzmeister in 1963. As a reaction to a competitor in that times which called its machines the Putzknecht – meaning plastering servant) Karl Schlecht changed the name to Putzmeister (the plastering masters).

Putzmeister will celebrate its 60^th anniversary with different events. The first visible sign is the big banner which has been fixed outside the dispatch hall 8 in Aichtal. Another banner is shown at the PM Haus 2