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After his passing in 1955, his wife Luise
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Since it was founded, the company's production site has been located in the Upper
Frankonian town of Bad Rodach, where the company headquarters are. The company holds distribution branches in the US, France and the United Kingdom. Today the company is firmly established in both the European and world
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The company began to expand in 1980 when the
American company “Skaneateles Handicrafters” was purchased by Habermaaß Inc. In 1987, in order to expand their product range, the corporate family of HABA and Wehrfritz decided to found Jako-o GmbH, a joint mail-order company for children's fashion, toys
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In 1938, Eugen
Habermaaß and Anton Engel founded “Habermaaß & Co.” as a “factory for fine wooden products”, and a couple of months later “Wehrfritz & Co." in cooperation with Karl Wehrfritz. In 1940, Anton Engel withdrew from the company, making Eugen Habermaaß its sole managing director.
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and accessories. In 2002, the company received the definitive company name of “Habermaaß Corp. Inc.". In 1993, a subsidiary was founded in the
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under the name of “HABA S.A.R.L". In 2005, the “HABA UK” site was established in the United
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