<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td class="text-main">1948<br> The future company founder Hans H&ouml;ffele becomes co-owner of the company Schmitteckert, Steinle&amp;Co, which produces waddings in Kirrlach/ Baden since 1938.<br> <br> 1963<br> The company becomes Hans H&ouml;ffele Wattefabrik. The new company is based in GrabenNeudorf. Main products are grey waddings for upholstery furniture.<br> <br> The Sixties<br> The range of products is enlarged. Sheet felts for innerspring mattress covers are now produced for the mattress industry.<br> <br> 1965<br> Textile engineer Dieter H&ouml;ffele, one of the two sons of the company founder, joins the company.<br> <br>The Seventies<br> The company expands its natural wool&rsquo;s area. Sheep wool becomes an important raw material.<br> <br> 1978<br> The family business is completed: the second son, Norbert H&ouml;ffele, a mechanical engineer, also joins Hans H&ouml;ffele Wattefabrik.<br> <br>The Eighties and Nineties<br> The company develops into a full product range supplier. Fine quality fibres such as cashmere, camel hair, alpaca or silk complete the product portfolio<br> <br> 1992<br> Hans H&ouml;ffele Wattefabrik is the first company in Germany to develop a new production process, where polyester webs are thermal-bonded. This thermal-bonded procedure is used afterwards for natural fibres as well. In Linkenheim-Hochstetten a new production facility is opened.<br> <br> 1994<br> Both sons join the board of directors. The production site in Linkenheim Hochstetten is enlarged by 3600 m2<br> <br> 1997<br> Continuous development of the company: The production site in Linkenheim-Hochstetten is again enlarged by 5600 m2<br> <br>1998<br> After the death of the company founder, his sons Dieter and Norbert H&ouml;ffele continue to run the family business.<br> <br> 2005<br> The company has 40 employees at their sites in Graben-Neudorf and Linkenheim Hochstetten and 14000 m&copy;&#x02DC; floor space. Hans H&ouml;ffele Wattefabrik OHG supplies numerous customers in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Poland. Partners are mainly the bed, mattress, furniture and apparel industry.</td> </tr> </table>