04.07.2012 – According to the memoires of Carl Haver junior, which the son of the founder of the company, Carl Haver, wrote in the 1960s, “If someone had told my father in the early years of his entrepreneurial activity that his company would at some stage have branches abroad, he would probably have smiled in disbelief.” Together with his cousin, Eduard Boecker, he established the firm of Haver & Boecker on the 25th of August 1887 in Hohenlimburg, the German centre for wire drawing and wire weaving, at that time. Eduard Boecker left the company in 1891. The early years were difficult due to the working conditions in Hohenlimburg and the competition from Thuringia. This changed due to the move to Oelde in Westphalia, where the head office of the company has been since 1897. Apart from wire weaving, the engineering works established in 1925 had developed into the second mainstay of the company.
The product range and production processes have been repeatedly coordinated in time with the needs and demands of the particular markets. In addition, since the establishment of Haver & Boecker, the family, now in the fourth generation, has been actively involved in the management of the company.
During the 125 years, the 12-man company in Hohenlimburg has developed into a diversified, internationally operating company. With a worldwide network of branches and factories, Haver & Boecker is currently active worldwide with 2400 employees in all national and international markets as a technological leader and trendsetter. With its 50 subsidiaries worldwide, the company as a whole achieved a turnover in 2011 of more than 370 million euros.
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