Milestones in company history

The "Paul Hartmann Verband- stoff-Fabrik" (dressing mate- rial factory) already had seve- ral European locations at the beginning of the 20th century. Founded almost 190 years ago, few health-care companies can boast such a long history as can HARTMANN. It is a history of outstanding minds and ideas. At any time, there have been dedicated partners from the fields of medicine who have helped initiate product developments and tested the products in practice. Read the company history timeline

Paul Hartmann Sr. – a pioneer of the surgical dressing industry

With the acquisition of the „Schecken- bleiche" (bleaching plant), Paul Hart- mann Sr. founded the Paul Hartmann Company in 1867 Paul Hartmann Sr. was the founder of the today’s HARTMANN GROUP. The „Paul Hartmann dressing material factory“was the first to make dressing materials in industrial production. Read more about Paul Hartmann Sr.

"…that the establishments remain unseparated and together."

In 1818, Ludwig Hartmann unknowingly laid the foun- dations of the HARTMANN GROUP In 1818, Ludwig Hartmann took over the Meebold cotton manufacturing factory and thus laid the foundations of the later dressing material factory. The company „"Ludwig Hartmann" quickly developed into one of the largest cotton-spinning mills in the state. Read more about Ludwig Hartmann

People who wrote medical history

"Lister's Carbolated Spray" marked the beginning of sur- gery under aseptic conditions Two people made substantial contributions to the establilshment of the industrial production of dressing material: Victor von Bruns succeeded in removing grease from cotton wool to make it more absorbent of liquids, and Sir Joseph Lister invented the antiseptic wound dressing. It was already in 1873, that the „Paul Hartmann“ dressing material factory used the technique developed by Bruns in the production of absorbent cotton wool. It was one year later, that Paul Hartmann Sr. received information from Sir Lister containing instructions about the method of producing the "Lister's carbolated gauze". Read more about Victor von Bruns and Sir Joseph Lister