[1] More than half of its workforce was employed at the subsidiary Stehli Silks Corporation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which opened in 1897.

In 1996, the concern ceased manufacturing operations, and was converted into a real estate company that was only active in Switzerland (Stehli-Areal in Obfelden, ZH).

[11] In 1840, he started to engage in the growing silk industry in Switzerland by investing in 40 handlooms and also brought in jacquard machines to produce Umbrellas.

Between 1870 and 1871, the Swiss company grew steadily at two locations, in Obfelden and Oberarth, and at its peak the Stehli mills in Switzerland employed over 2,000 people.

He took-over a silk mill that was formed in 1840 by Swiss Francesco Huber and was currently owned and managed by Cesare Bozzotti, in Germignaga on Lake Como.

[17] Stehli Seiden AG (formed in 1958) remained as real estate company and today manages the former manufacturing plants, who all were turned into residential lofts until 2016.