Company

HELLER-LEDER at a glance

Julius and Emil Heller founded the company Braunschweigische Lederwerke J. u. E. Heller in Hehlen on the river Weser in the year 1920. The company with 150 employees produced mainly vegetable-tanned harness and case leathers. In the sixties, the production was switched over to mineral-tanning for upholstery leather and subtle leathers for the famous German leather goods manufacturers. The company HELLER-LEDER is able to look back on an 80 year tanning tradition, and is still owned by the family in the 4^th generation, represented by the current owner and Managing Director, Mr. Thomas Strebost.

The company today:

Employees		186
Products		Upholstery leather, specialities for leather goods, apparel, boat and yacht refurnishing, equestrian, aviation and automotive leather
Turnover		35 Mio. EUR per year
Certifications		ISO 9001, QS 9000, VDA 6.1
Capacity		max. 3,000 hides/day, more than 2 Mio. sq.m. per year
Export		Almost 50% of the whole turnover is exported to more than 20 countries, especially to the US, Canada, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Belgium
Partnership/shares		50% of Tannery Suedleder / Rehau, Germany Shareholder of HELCOR-LEDER-tec GmbH

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today's view of company

Julius Heller
Founder, 1^st generation

Emil Heller
Founder, 2^nd generation


Hans-Wilhelm Strebost
Owner and Managing Director, 3^rd generation

Thomas Strebost
Owner and Managing Director, 4^th generation