The German company that produces the world's first 3-ply toilet paper: Hakle
Toilet paper manufacturer Hakle in Germany has filed for bankruptcy amid financial difficulties caused by sharp rises in raw material and energy costs.
German toilet paper manufacturer Hakle has filed for bankruptcy. In a statement made by the law firm White & Case, which was appointed as the trustee of Hakle by the Düsseldorf district court, it was stated that Hakle has not adequately reflected the recent increase in energy, transportation and raw material costs to customers in the food, retail and pharmaceutical sectors.
It was stated that while the bankruptcy case continues, the medium-sized company will continue its commercial activities in full and the company will be restructured.
Producing hygiene products such as toilet paper and paper towels, Hakle employs 220 people in Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. The company's sales were recorded as 80 million euros in 2020.
Hakle's story
Hakle's journey through time begins with entrepreneur and inventor Hans Klenk, who founded a toilet paper factory in his hometown of Ludwigsburg in 1928. Hakle brings the first toilet paper roll with 1000 sheets guarantee to the German market. Hans Klenk is the inventor of many revolutionary inventions in toilet hygiene.
In 1954 the company grows and moves from Swabia to Mainz on the Rhine. Hakle toilet papers from soft paper have been produced here since 1959.
In 1972 Hakle launched the world's first 3-ply toilet paper, followed by the first 4-ply toilet paper in 1982.
The second revolution in hygiene in Germany came in 1977 with the invention of Hakle Feucht. It was a wet toilet paper and its name became the name of the product line over time. In 1999, the group, which owned Hakle at the time, moved Hakle production to a papermaking facility in Düsseldorf-Reisholz, which had been in existence since 1905.
After an eventful history, Hakle returned to family ownership in 2019. Hakle now sought to produce sustainable products that stand out with their biodegradability, recyclability and the use of alternative, renewable raw materials without compromising the comfort of care. But it went bankrupt...
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