Manufacturer of potato products, fresh dough products and convenience food for brands and private labels.

Hans Henglein & Sohn GmbH

Wassermungenau · Klosterhäseler · Iserlohn · Katowice (PL)New on Amplifa

1936Founded

4Locations (DE/PL)

27.5 %Export share of revenue (2024)

About HENGLEIN

Hans Henglein & Sohn GmbH is a food manufacturer specializing in ready-made potato and dough products. The product range includes dumpling and knödel doughs, pre-formed potato dumplings, gnocchi, Schupfnudeln (potato noodles), Spätzle, fresh baking doughs such as pizza dough, puff pastry and strudel dough, yeast dumplings, knödel as well as potato specialties such as potato pancake batter (Reibekuchenteig) and potato salad. The company produces both as a branded goods manufacturer and as a private label producer, and also trades in potatoes and onions. Within the Henglein group, it is among other things responsible for the marketing of yeast products and baking doughs of other group companies. Production takes place in Wassermungenau (Middle Franconia, focus on potato products) and in Klosterhäseler (Saxony-Anhalt, focus on grain products); another production facility for convenience products is located in Katowice (Poland). Foreign business accounted for around 27.5 percent of revenue in the 2024 financial year.

Site: Wassermungenau
Processes: Private label production, Potato and onion trading, Marketing of products of other group companies (e.g. yeast products and baking doughs)
Founded: 1936
Industries: Food industry, Ready-made potato and dough products, Convenience food

Locations

Wassermungenau

Production site potato products, company headquarters

Materials: Potato products

Klosterhäseler

Production site grain products (yeast dumplings), Henglein GmbH & Co. KG

Materials: Yeast dumplings, knödel

Iserlohn

Branch office Henglein NRW (formerly Hochreiter Frischteigwaren)

Materials: Fresh dough products

Katowice (Katowice)

Production facility convenience products / sales GmbH

Materials: Convenience products

Products

**Dumpling & Knödel Doughs**Potato products · Food retail

**Gnocchi & Schupfnudeln**Potato products · Food retail

**Spätzle & Knöpfle**Dough products · Food retail

**Baking Doughs**Fresh doughs · Food retail

**Potato Pancake Batter, Potato Fritters & Potato Salad**Potato products · Food retail

**Yeast Dumplings & Knödel**Grain products · Food retail

**Fresh Pasta**Dough products · Food retail

**Fresh Puff Pastry**Baking dough · Food retail

**Fresh Pizza Dough**Baking dough · Food retail

**Potato Pancake Batter "Rhenish Style"**Potato product · Food retail

Inside the production

Industries

Food industryReady-made potato and dough productsConvenience food

Additional services

Private label productionPotato and onion tradingMarketing of products of other group companies (e.g. yeast products and baking doughs)

History

1936
Founding of a haulage company for agricultural products by Johann Henglein
1960
Hans Henglein begins potato trading alongside livestock trading
1973
Hans Henglein takes over the business
1976
Start of packing potatoes in household-sized quantities
1985
Norbert Henglein develops ready-made dumpling dough, production initially with twelve employees
1988
Relocation from the village center to the outskirts of Wassermungenau
1995
Construction of a factory for yeast dumplings in Klosterhäseler
1997
Founding of a sales GmbH in Poland
1998
Acquisition of Nürnberger Kloßteig and Hochreiter Frischteigwaren
1999
Establishment of a production facility for convenience products in Katowice
2001
Start of production of Spätzle, potato pancake batter and Schupfnudeln
2002
Start of production of puff pastry, pizza dough and specialty doughs
2004
Start of production of gnocchi
2013
Start of production of potato gnocchi and mini dumplings
2019
Renaming of Hochreiter Frischteigwaren to Henglein NRW, branch office in Iserlohn
2020
Completion of an additional production line and a packaging hall in Wassermungenau
2022
Inauguration of a new administration building in Wassermungenau