Ed. Haas Austria
| Ed. Haas Austria
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| legal form | Ges.mbH |
| founding | 1915 |
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Traun , Austria
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| Number of employees | 770 |
| sales | 140.8 million euros (2012) |
| Branch | food industry |
| Website | www.edhaas.at |
The Ed. Haas Austria Ges.mbH is an Austrian food and confectionery manufacturer. The best-known product of the company, which has existed since 1915, is PEZ sweets. The company is based in Traun in Upper Austria.
Company data
In addition to the globally successful PEZ candies and the PEZ dispensers, which are very popular among collectors, baking powder and other foods and basic food ingredients such as pudding powder are also produced. In 2005 PEZ candies were available in around 90 countries around the world. 4.2 billion candies and 80 million PEZ dispensers were produced. 98% of sweets are sold abroad - around 50% in the United States alone. The main production facility is in Traun, where 105 of the 770 employees in the group work. However, PEZ candies are also made in Orange (Connecticut) , PEZ dispensers in Hungary and China.
In 2005 Ed. Haas Austria Ges.mbH returned an annual surplus of 1.95 million euros after a loss in 2004. At the same time, sales rose to a new record of 65.9 million euros. The companies PEZ contributed 53 percent, Haas with 33.5 percent and Ring with 13.5 percent to a group turnover of 140.8 million euros in 2012 .
history
The Ed. Haas Austria Ges.mbH goes back to the registration of the brand “HASIN for the preparation of health ring cake ” in the kuk brand register in 1915 by Katharina Haas, on behalf of her 18-year-old son Eduard Haas III. He had already started with the production of baking powder, which his grandfather Eduard Haas I once prescribed for him as medicine. His son, Eduard Haas II, founded a general store in the Untergaumberg district of Linz , where, among other things, this flour was available. Since it proved its worth as baking powder for cakes like Gugelhupf , Eduard Haas III., Who had taken over the father's shop, started large-scale production after the brand was registered in 1915.
In 1927 the invention of the peppermint "PEZ" followed, which was advertised as the "luxury mint of the noble world". Two years after the invention of the patented PEZ dispenser (PEZ boxes) in 1950, international markets were opened up, especially the United States. In 1966, 350 million PEZ boxes were sold. At that time, 70% of all Austrian sugar confectionery exports came from PEZ candies. In the 1960s, the US PEZ candy business was sold, but it was bought back in 2006.
Products
Some well-known products from Haas:
- PEZ
- Haas mustard
- BBQ mustard
- Estragon mustard
- Kremser mustard
- Beer mustard
- Bavarian mustard
- Balsamic mustard
Exclusive production and distribution in Austria:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PEZ / Haas Group writes best business year in company history. In: mein district.at. September 12, 2013, accessed April 25, 2018 .