Arnold Holste Wwe. GmbH & Co. KG

About HOLSTE

Arnold Holste Wwe. GmbH & Co. KG, based in Bielefeld, is a traditional company that manufactures laundry care, cleaning and detergent products. The product range includes products for end consumers as well as the HOLSTE PROFI product line established in 2000, which is aimed at specialist companies such as building cleaners and comprises specialty products including safety data sheets and technical data sheets. Well-known products include Kaiser-Natron, produced since 1881, as well as traditional products such as bath salts, aromatherapy baths, shower gels and machine dishwashing detergents. Own production takes place at the parent plant on Sudbrackstraße, where the liquid blending plant was modernized in 2010 and expanded with additional raw material tanks. The company was founded in 1825 as a colonial goods store and developed via a gloss starch factory into a manufacturer of cleaning and care products.

Site

Bielefeld

Processes

Manufacture of laundry care, cleaning and detergent products, HOLSTE PROFI product line for professional cleaning (building cleaners), Own production (traditionally gloss starch factory, modern liquid blending plant), Mail order / sales from €1,000 net, delivered free of charge (delivery terms)

Materials

Cleaning and care active ingredients

Founded

1825

Industries

End consumers (private customers), Building cleaning / professional cleaning, Building cleaning / professional cleaning (specialist companies), Traditional: laundry care, historically exports to Brazil, Uruguay and

1. 01

   Raw material receiving and storage

2. 02

   Liquid blending

3. 03

   Production

4. 04

   Filling

5. 05

   Distribution (mail order)

Production and Raw Materials

Locations

Bielefeld

DE

Parent plant, administration and production

Materials

Cleaning and care active ingredients

• Liquid blending plant
• Raw material tanks

Product Areas

Inside the production

History

1. 1825

   Foundation of the Holste company as a colonial goods store at Haus Welle No. 45 in Bielefeld

2. 1881

   Start of production and distribution of Kaiser-Natron; sales of fabric dyes among others to Brazil, Uruguay, Guatemala, Greece and Turkey

3. 1886

   On 5 February, Johanna Holste founds the company Arnold Holste Wwe. and transfers the business to her son August Holste

4. 1892

   Start of production with gloss starch products; the most significant gloss starch factory in Germany

5. 1897

   Business premises under Fritz Holste at Große Kurfürstenstraße 47; trademark protection for “HOLSTE”

6. 1905

   Purchase of a property on Sudbrackstraße

7. 1907

   On 1 March, start of operations in Building I on Sudbrackstraße

8. 1926

   Construction of extension Building II

9. 1936

   Construction of extension Building III; bomb damage in the Second World War, repaired in the 1950s

10. 1956

    Hans-Joachim Neumann-Holste takes over the business after the death of Erich Neumann-Holste

11. 1972

    After the death of Hans-Joachim Neumann-Holste, Horst Schildmann becomes Managing Director of Arnold Holste Wwe. GmbH & Co. KG

12. 1994

    Christian Holste takes over the management on 1 September

13. 2000

    175th anniversary; introduction of the HOLSTE PROFI product line as a full-range supplier for professional cleaning

14. 2010

    Modernization and expansion of the liquid blending plant; additional raw material tanks and higher blending capacities