Our objectives – our journey
We see ourselves as an intermediary between the customer’s requests or requirements and technical feasibility in terms of manufacturing.
We listen carefully to our customers and try to interact as problem solvers.
We want to find new technical solutions together and promote them exclusively.
Of course, we are well stocked when it comes to popular varieties so that we can also offer deliveries at short notice in this respect. We are happy to talk about quantity contracts.
Our team
Stefan Mäder
Owner,
managing partner
Tanja Heimlich
Authorised signatory at Strauss since 2014
purchasing, sales, scheduling, import-export processing
fone +49(0)2162 95480-12
t.heimlich@strauss-faser.de
Jörg Leenen
Authorised signatory at Strauss since 2000
material planning, logistics,
QMB for ISO 9001; QMB for FSC
Telefon +49(0)2162 95480-14
j.leenen@strauss-faser.de
Rudi Engbrocks
Warehouse foreman at Strauss since 1999
loading and unloading goods, order picking
Bailey
Company dog at Strauss since 2019
Our history
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1883
Company founded as a general partnership by Reinhard Strauss in Chrimmitschau, Saxony
as a wholesaler for natural fibres and waste from spinning mills
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1938
Company acquired by by Albrecht Ley
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1949
Investment by Hellmuth Mäder in the company
Headquarters relocated to Eschwege
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1959
Relocation to the current company headquarters in Viersen-Dülken
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1965
Investment by Alfred Mäder in the company
Inclusion of man-made fibres in the product portfolio
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1967
Arrival of Christian Ley as a personally liable partner
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1981
Christian Ley acquires the shares of the late Albrecht Ley
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1990
Arrival of Stefan Mäder as a personally liable partner
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1994
Transfer of half the company shares from Alfred Mäder to Stefan Mäder
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1998
Transfer of the remaining shares of the retired Alfred Mäder to Stefan Mäder
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2000
Sale of the shares held by Christian Ley to Stefan Mäder and retirement of Christian Ley from the company
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2007
Conversion of the company into a GmbH & Co. KG