1927
"Carl Hübenthal (1886 - 1957) is accepted into the Großhandels- und Lagerei-Berufsgenossenschaft (the German trade association for wholesaling and warehousing)"
1932
Foundation of Carl Hübenthal KG by Carl Hübenthal in Hagener Straße in Altena, Germany
Carl Hübenthal KG purchases second-hand textiles from ragpickers in order to sort these rags for re-use within the textiles industry.
1936
Expansion of the company’s operations with an industrial laundry where work clothes and textile-based cleaning cloths are washed
1941
Safeguarding the delivery of cleaning cloths to the armaments industry