EMEA JACOB HOLM CONTACT US OUR MARKETS INNOVATION SUSTAINABILITY QUALITY DISTRIBUTOR PORTAL GLATFELTER Jacob Holm History HISTORY OUR HISTORY - FROM INDUSTRY INNOVATOR TO SPUNLACE LEADER 1794 At the age of 24, Jacob Holm started a grocery store in Copenhagen 1800s Diversification of business by venturing into shipping and ship fittings, including rope manufacturing 1950s Production start of synthetic polypropylene fibers 1979 Poul M. Mikkelsen acquired a majority of Jacob Holm 1990s Construction of first nonwoven production site in France 1990s Divestment of fiber business and sole business focus on developing new, value-added spunlaced applications 2000s Construction of new spunlace production site in the USA 2014 Acquisition of Sontara® assets from DuPont™ (2 production sites in USA and Spain) 2015 Completion of construction of additional production line in the USA SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER CONTACT LOOKING FOR QUOTATION JACOB HOLM History Location Careers Contact us News Events Corporate Culture Responsibility OUR MARKETS Beauty Care Critical Cleaning Health Care Hygiene Consumer Wipes High Performance Materials INVESTOR RELATIONS JACOB-HOLM.COM Contact Us General Terms & Conditions Data Protection & Privacy FOLLOW US