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Biederlack is a German manufacturer of jacquard woven high-pile acrylic blankets and throws. == History == Biederlack was founded in 1887 by Ignaz Hermann Biederlack in Greven, Germany, grandfather of Robert and Hans-Felix Biederlack. But the history dates back to 1532, when Heinrich settled along the River Ems and opened a merchant trading business. He became known as Heinrich Biederlack, "Heinrich by the Lake." . *1532 A man named Hinrik settles on the shores of the ox bow lake formed by the river Ems and from this time on he became known as Hinrick by the lake – Biederlack. He formed a merchant trading business, the sound basis on which the Biederlack family builds its business. *1887 On the 22nd of August Ignatz Hermann Biederlack (1861–1930) founded the company Hermann Biederlack GmbH + Co. in Greven. *1930 The sons Felix (1893–1948) and Carl (1894–1952) built a factory in Cuba, which produced blankets until the war. *1948 Carl Biederlack shoots and kills brother Felix Biederlack *1952 Carl Biederlack jumps from a courtroom window to his death *1958 Hans-Felix Biederlack (1935–2005, son of Felix Biederlack) joins the company as managing director. *1967 Robert Biederlack (Son of Carl Biederlack) joins Hans-Felix as managing director and runs the company together with Hans-Felix. *1979 Hermann Biederlack GmbH + Co. founds the subsidiary Biederlack of America Inc. in Cumberland/Maryland, USA, to produce blankets in the already developed market. Richard Alford joins the company as its General Manager. Today the company imports semi-finished products from Greven. *1981 Hermann Biederlack GmbH + Co. builds a new warehouse system to improve delivery service. *1987 a new weaving department is built. *1996 Across town, a lean manufacturing principled open-end spinning mill started in the former Kelly-Springfield Tire manufacturing buildings. Greg Lindsay joins the company as its Plant Manager. *2000 Dr.Michael Ottenjann (Son in law of Hans-Felix Biederlack) joins the company as managing director. *2001 A new, fully automatic transfer sewing line is being installed. *2005 Hans-Felix Biederlack dies unexpectedly at the age of 73 years. *2005 Robert Biederlack retires as managing director. *2006 Production manager Rolf Gottmann joins the company as a new managing director. The company Borbo-Blankets (Geiger, Borgers GmbH & Co.KG), Bocholt, is being taken over. Finishing of the new dye house for further increase of productivity. *2007 Robert Biederlack dies at the age of 68 years. *2009 Biederlack announces closure of its North America manufacturing operations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Biederlack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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