1917
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The three brothers Louis, Carl and Gunnar Hartmann started the company after inheriting their father’s paper bag factory in Lyngby, Denmark |
| 1936 |
Hartmann acquired the license to produce egg packaging in moulded fibre from an American firm. Hence a machine was designed by Carl Hartmann for the production |
| 1936 |
The first subsidiary, Scandinavian Packing Company, was founded for producing egg trays |
| 1945 |
Hartmann Fibre Company Ltd. was established in England |
| 1957 |
Gunnar Hartmann died |
| 1959 |
The sales office in Frankfurt opened |
| 1959 |
Carl Hartmann died |
| 1962 |
The new factory for Scandinavian Packing Company opened in Tønder |
| 1962 |
The sales office in England opened |
| 1970 |
The Hartmann Foundation was founded by Louis Hartmann |
| 1971 |
Louis Hartmann died |
| 1973 |
The production in Lyngby moved to Tønder, Denmark and the factory became Europe’s largest and most modern for production of egg trays and other products of moulded fibre. |
| 1978 |
Hartmann acquired Skjern Papirfabrik |
| 1980 |
Scandinavian Packing Company and Brødrene Hartmann A/S merged, with Brødrene Hartmann A/S as the continuing company |
| 1982 |
Hartmann was quoted on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange |
| 1984 |
The sales office in France opened |
| 1984 |
The egg carton Plus Pack™ was introduced to the market |
| 1988 |
The sales office in Switzerland opened |
| 1991 |
The factory in the former East Germany was established |
| 1992 |
The factory in Hungary was acquired |
| 1993 |
The sales office in Poland opened |
| 1994 |
Hartmann established the Industrial packaging business area |
| 1996 |
Hartmann opened the factory in Malaysia and acquired activities in Brazil |
| 1998 |
The factory in Argentina was acquired |
| 1999 |
Factories in Croatia, Finland and Israel were acquired |
| 1999 |
The egg carton Superface® was introduced to the market |
| 2000 |
Hartmann received the European Union environment price “European Management Award for Environmental & Sustainability Development” |
| 2002 |
Hartmann established production in Brantford, Canada |
| 2003 |
The egg carton imagic® was introduced to the market |
| 2004 |
The sales office in Serbia opened |
| 2005 |
Skjern Papirfabrik was sold |
| 2007 |
The activities in South America and Asia were put up for sale |
| 2008 |
The headquarter in Denmark moved from Lyngby to Gentofte |
| 2008 |
Hartmann issued new shares and the share classes were merged to only one |
| 2009 |
The business area Industrial packaging was merged with the business area Egg packaging |