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about the CompanyThe company Svitap J.H.J. spol. s.r.o. was established in 1993 from a state-owned company whose production consisted mainly of tape fabrics, linen canvases and also army tents. Twenty years after the privatization, the company has broadened its product range so that at present it does not have any problem to compete successfully on the market. Production and sales are divided into six divisions most of which are located in Svitavy – only one division is situated in Chropyně. The fact that we have several divisions each of which has a different production range has proved to be an advantage. Our range of products and services includes the manufacture and sales of technical fabrics (tent and canvas fabrics, linen fabrics, filtration fabrics) and technical ready-made products (tents, halls, covers, gazebos), fabrics for work clothes, roof membranes and other foils, synthetic leather and the binding PET tape. Apart from technical textiles our range also includes microfibre home textiles which we sell under our brands of Sleep Well® and Ovečka® and also bedspread fabrics, cleaning textiles, tablecloths, tea towels and bath towels. We sell these products in two e-shops and two brick-and-mortar shops. Because we try to offer our customers complete service, our production includes also a finishing plant and a dying plant of fabrics, a party tent rental and other services. In the words of the managing director and owner of the company, Mr. Ing. Jan Heřmanský, although in the present world it is not possible to make long-term plans for the future, we believe that we will keep a strong position on the market even in the coming years thanks to our range of products and services. HISTORY The oldest documented textile guilds in Svitavy date back to 1516 when the municipal books state the name of the first cloth weaver. The number of master craftsmen of the cloth weaving profession grew and around 1760 there were already so many masters craftsmen in the town that they had trouble finding livelihood. Because the obsolete guild regulations prevented the growth of enterprises, textile production in the period of the first manufactures in 1773 was excluded from guild production and became a free profession. In 1863 Heinrich Klinger requested the district sheriff office in Moravská Třebová to be granted a permission to procure and manufacture linen fabrics. In the same year he had his trade recorded in the commercial register. In 1866 he founded the first textile factory in Svitavy, that is, a Svitavy branch of his Vienna company. In 1878 Julius Preussfreund, another founder of the textile industry in Svitavy, founded a mechanical jute weaving plant. He was the first in Moravia and one of the first in the then Austro-Hungarian Empire to introduce electric arch lighting in factories. In 1881 he left the town, and Heinrich Klinger joined the weaving plant to his company. This led to the foundation of k. k. Leinenwaarenfabrik. importANT DATES · 1866 – the Svitavy branch of the Viennese company of H. Klinger is founded – a precursor of our company · 1881 – Heinrich Klinger annexes a mechanical jute weaving plant to his company, foundation of k.k. Leinenwaarenfabrik· 1890 – the total number of employees is 2,400 people, while Svitavy has only the population of 7,800 people. The range of products is exceptionally wide – from technical fabrics, ready-made products and water-proof canvases, through rubber-coated hoses, impregnated fabrics, work clothes to train curtains and tea towels. Production for the army is also significant. · 1919 – a branch in Moravská Třebová is established · 1931 – the Klinger company is extended with new factory b uildings of a weaving mill and a preparation plant which were connected to the original factory by an industrial railway · 1938 – after the annexation of Austria, the company K. H. Barthel takes over the greatest and the wealthiest company in Svitavy as a Jewish property, buildings and facilities. Even in this year 1,400 workers are working in the factory buildings and the company is constantly getting richer. Over 40% of products is exported abroad – USA, France, Germany, Poland or the Balkan states. After aryanization the factory is named “Spojené textilní závody K.H. Bartel a spol.” (the United Textile Plants K.H. Barthel and co.). · 1939 - 1945 – during the war the plant is focused mainly on produ ction for the army, and throughout the occupation it employs mainly forced labour, war prisoners and people of diverse nationalities. · 1945 – on 24 October, the company is nationalized and it becomes a part of “Spojené továrny a technické tkaniny” (the United Factories and Technical Fabrics) of the national company Lomnice nad Popelkou. A new production programme with 750 employees is launched. · 1949 – this lasts only till 3 October 1949 when a new national company Svitap is established; its backbone is the plant in Svitavy complemented by branch plants in Hlinsko, Golčův Jen ikov and Moravský Krumlov. The production programme consists of the production of canvas fabrics and cotton transport fabrics for mines and rubber factories. · 1958 – it is the turning year, the plants in Svitavy, Hlinsko and Golčův Jeníkov become parts of the national company Technolen in Lomnice nad Popelkou. The production is focused on heavier types of fabrics and ready-made products, especially heavy duck canvases made of cotton, synthetic fibre or their combination, linen canvas fabrics, all-welded large-volume bags, POE canvases, ribbed and air-inflated halls, non-woven textile s · 1990 – after the fall of the Communist regime, the SVITAP company is restored as a state company on 1 December · 1991 – Ing. Jan Heřmanský becomes the director of the state company SVITAP Svitavy · 1992 – the company SVITAP J.H.J., spol. s.r.o. (a limited liability company), Svitavy, is founded with two partners Ing. Jan Heřmanský and Jiří Janíček · 1993 – on 1 October 1993 the company SVITAP J.H.J., spol. s.r.o., Svitavy, buys the state company SVITAP Svitavy in privatization· 1996 – from 1 December 1996 ing. Jan Heřmanský becomes the managing director and the sole owner of the company SVITAP J.H.J. spol. s r.o. · 1999 – the company is extended with the plants of the former public limited company VIGONA KLASIK producing blankets, work twills, technical fabrics, furniture and decorative fabrics. This company has also a long tradition and history which date back to the beginning of the 19th century. · 2000 – on 1 May 2000, another part of VIGONA a.s. is bought – a sp inning mill, non-woven textiles and FHP mops – and it also becomes a part of the company SVITAP J.H.J. spol. s r.o. · 2002 – in March 2002, the company SVITAP J.H.J. spol. s r.o. employs 945 employees · 2003 – the company SVITAP J.H.J. spol. s r.o. celebrates its tenth anniversary since privatization · 2004 – in August, the plant Texilan s.r.o. Kežmarok in Slovakia, formerly known under the established name Tatralan s.r.o., is bought · 2005 – Texilan s.r.o. changes its name to the original and more f amous name of Tatraľan, s.r.o. SVITAP J.H.J. buys a recycling unit and starts its operation · 2006 – SVITAP J.H.J. becomes the official supplier of exclusive textile products for the FIFA WORLD CUP Germany 2006 · 2006 – on 12 April 2006, the company SVITAP J.H.J. spol. s.r.o. officially opens its company shop MOZAIKA · 2007 – on 16 March 2007, an e-shop offering goods of the c ompany shop MOZAIKA – home textiles, products for children, brand underwear – is launched at www.e-mozaika.cz · 2008 – Svitap J.H.J. spol. s r.o. buys a part of Fatra a.s., specifically the production of synthetic leather. This leads to the foundation of the fifth division of our company · 2009 – Svitap J.H.J. spol. s r.o. launches the production of binding PET tapes under the trade name of SVITAPET. Our binding PET tape is manufactured from recycled PET bottles using the production technology of the company SIMA. · 2011 – division VI is established as a result of the singling out of the production of PET tapes from division I - a new shop is opened in the shopping gallery Harfa in Prague · 2012 – Svitap J.H.J. spol. s.r.o. The company Svitap J.H.J. spol. s.r.o. was established in 1993 from a state-owned company whose production consisted mainly of tape fabrics, linen canvases and also army tents. Twenty years after the privatization, the company has broadened its product range so that at present it does not have any problem to compete successfully on the market. Production and sales are divided into six divisions most of which are located in Svitavy – only one division is situated in Chropyně. Less information The fact that we have several divisions each of which has a different production range has proved to be an advantage. Our range of products and services includes the manufacture and sales of technical fabrics (tent and canvas fabrics, linen fabrics, filtration fabrics) and technical ready-made products (tents, halls, covers, gazebos), fabrics for work clothes, roof membranes and other foils, synthetic leather and the binding PET tape. Apart from technical textiles our range also includes microfibre home textiles which we sell under our brands of Sleep Well® and Ovečka® and also bedspread fabrics, cleaning textiles, tablecloths, tea towels and bath towels. We sell these products in two e-shops and two brick-and-mortar shops. Because we try to offer our customers complete service, our production includes also a finish ing plant and a dying plant of fabrics, a party tent rental and other services. In the words of the managing director and owner of the company, Mr. Ing. Jan Heřmanský, although in the present world it is not possible to make long-term plans for the future, we believe that we will keep a strong position on the market even in the coming years thanks to our range of products and services. [Detailed introduction] Latest Products |