From the silk weaving company Steiner, Gessner & Co., founded in 1841, to Gessner AG and now Gessner Holding AG - 175 years of a company whose name changes alone reveal that it has been and continues to be in constant transformation. Richly illustrated, the book traces this change, or rather the transformations of Gessner. It also highlights the dynamic history of the Zurich silk industry since the 19th century, whose significance for the economic development of the Canton of Zurich and Switzerland cannot be overstated.