Himolla

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Himolla Polstermöbel GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1948
Seat Taufkirchen (Vils)
management Ralph Bestgen, Thomas Lehner
Number of employees 3500, including 1100 in Taufkirchen (2018)
sales EUR 210 million (2014)
Branch Upholstered furniture
Website himolla.com

Himolla is one of the largest upholstered furniture manufacturers in Europe. The company is the largest employer in the Erding district .

history

Carl Hierl (1911–2003) founded the upholstered furniture company Carl Hierl GmbH in 1948 with his wife Maria, his mother and his sister Franziska Keilhacker from his father's saddlery .

The Himolla factory (aerial view from the north)

Industrial upholstered furniture production began in 1948. In 1955 the company already had 1,000 employees. In 1957 Carl Hierl GmbH changed its name to Himolla ; the name stood for "heavenly, plump, pleasant". In 1958 the construction of the Himolla plant began at its current location.

In 1966, the development of the Himolla shell chair cost the owner Hierl the company, because the entry into mass production took place on the basis of a miscalculation. The company was on the verge of bankruptcy with 3000 employees and an output of around 4000 chairs per day. In 1966 Carl Hierl was forced by the creditors to sell part of his shares and to refrain from any business activity.

From 1972 to 1994 the company developed into one of the largest upholstered furniture manufacturers in Europe. Himolla has been part of the Welle-Holding in Paderborn since 2000 . In 2007 Krauss & Weinbeer Polstermöbel in Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia) was taken over.

Awards

  • 2002: Bavarian Quality Award
  • 2005: Facade award in the commercial building category of the Erding district
  • 2009: National winner of the EMAS AWARDS 2009 on the subject of "Environmental protection in the supply chain and environmentally-oriented procurement"
  • 2011: Award of the " Blue Angel " for the entire collection
  • 2014: Renewed national winner of the EMAS AWARD

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Chronicle - himolla Polstermöbel GmbH. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ himolla.com: Imprint
  3. ↑ Himolla: Celebrates 70th anniversary. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ bertwem.de: Himolla furniture industry from Taufkirchen (Vils)
  5. ↑ a b c d moebelmarkt.de: Himolla founder Carl Hierl passed away
  6. ↑ welle-holding.de: Company
  7. ↑ moebelkultur.de: Acquisition of Krauss & Wine Beer
  8. ↑ himolla Polstermöbel GmbH. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .