2017
Logo relaunch
The new helit logo was modernised preserving to the recognition value.
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The company name was created by combining the founder's name hefendehl and bakelit - the name of the plastic used for production in the 1920s.
Innovative office products are marketed under the brand name helit. The variety ranges from top-quality basic products to a wealth of design-oriented series of office equipment.
This conviction and our confessionto distinct shapes and lines are in the same way cornerstones of helit‘s philosophy as our passion for harmony between form and function. This basis has allowed many helit design classics for the modern office to feature in the most important Design Museums of the world. Above all helit office products can be found on the desks of people all over the world who consider functionality to be inseparably linked with aesthetic design. Based on this concept helit creates in cooperation with famous designers a range of quite different products-consisting of classic designs and lifestyle products. Thus, helit meets individual expectations and desires of its diversified customer range.
Sustainability at helit
The new helit logo was modernised preserving to the recognition value.
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Diplomat sold to a french investor group
The company hpp, Berlin is acquired and integrated as a subsidiary.
Construction of a new administrative and factory building with expanded storage capacity.
A private investor group aquires helit from the Gillette Group, which would like to focus on its core business.
HANSFRIEDRICH HEFENDEHL (grandchild of the founder) JOINED THE COMPANY Now, next to the functionality, design is important part of the development of new products. Essential impression of the corporate identity
The Gillette Group takes over the family enterprise to break into the German market.
Closure of hammer mill and concentration on office products.
Start of the manufacturing of thermoplastics
Established as a hammer mill in Kierspe/Germany founder: Friedrich Hefendehl manufacturing of metal and steel products
Diversification into plastics manufacturing - bakelite processing of thermosets