Тогда & Сейчас
The beginnings – 1800-1873
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When Paul Hartmann's family business was founded in 1818 in the Swabian town of Heidenheim, there was no way to know that it would one day become a leading international provider of medical and hygiene products: today's global group was once purely a textile company. Here is part one of the company's history – from 1800 to 1873.
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