The group
A European enterprise headquartered in Germany, at home all over the world. Sanders-Kauffmann.eu bundles more than 300 years of experience in the production of high-quality bedding.
The internationally active group of companies takes its traditional brands and innovative companies into a successful future. Every company is a specialist in its field, which makes us unbeatable as a Group. Through lean structures, decisions can be implemented at short notice. This means that the enterprise can make use of the opportunities offered by globalisation.
But our cultural values that have grown out of tradition are equally important to us. Some of our employees have been with the company for generations. In-house facilities established solely for the welfare of our staff strengthen their bond with the company. The standards applied in the Group exceed those of other sites.
Brands & Subsidiaries
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FIRST CLASS DOWN
KAUFFMANN bedding combines the passion for refined down and feathers with a love of detail – in top quality which is unique worldwide.
Who is Künsemüller?
For more than 130 years, our enterprise, founded in 1883 in the northern German region of Emsland, has stood for high-quality bedding made of feathers and down that offers the highest level of comfort, produced in a nature-conscious way and tested according to strict standards.
Sanders of Germany
Sanders of Germany is considered the finest address for fine-threaded, dense fabrics with optimum performance characteristics and has been valued far beyond our country’s borders for high-quality cloth goods for more than 130 years.
Sanders TOV – sewing factory
Sanders TOV was founded in 1992 and gradually developed. The finishing of the inlets and covers as well as the quilt production is handled on site in Wynograd.
ARO Artländer – The world of naturally healthy sleep
At ARO Artländer you will find 100 years of experience in the development and production of sleeping comfort. Then as today, the company manufactures with the know-how of three generations.
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History
For more than 130 years we have been thriving on progress and innovation. We have responded appropriately to globalisation and recognised it as an opportunity for us at an early stage: first by moving to Eastern Europe and later to Asia.
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1885
Founding by Gustav Wilhelm and Otto Sanders.
1929
The first automatic loom is used.
1940
Kurt and Werner Sanders take over the management of the company.
1945
Focus on down and fibre proof fabrics.
1958
Conversion of the family business into a GmbH & Co.KG. Kurt and Dieter Sanders take over the management.
1964
Completion of the changeover to complete automation.
At the same time construction of a modern sewing and fabric finishing shop with over 150 employees.
1985
Foundation of a production site in Bad Bentheim (Germany) as an additional weaving mill location.
1988
Hans-Christian Sanders takes over the management of the company.
1992-1994
Foundation and development of Sanders Winograd/Irschawa in the Ukraine.
2002
Integration of the family-owned Künsemüller Bettfedernfabrik.
2004
The CLIMABALANCE® system is patented worldwide.
2009-2010
Integration of quilt production and relocation of a bedspring factory to the plant in Bad Bentheim.
2012
German National Football Team equipped with Climabalance® duvets on the occasion of the European Championship in Poland and the Ukraine.
2017
Takeover by Austro-Holding and the investor Erhard F. Grossnigg and renaming as Sanders.eu GmbH. At the same time integration of Sleepwell KAUFFMANN GmbH.
2018
Relocation of the quilt production and construction of a new production hall in Wynograd, Ukraine.
TODAY
Consolidation of various business fields to form a quality manufacturer of bedding products.
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Sanders-Kauffmann GmbH in figures
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Company facts
- Head office in Bramsche: 113 employees
- Production in Wynograd: 348 employees
- Bed spring production in Bad Bentheim: 36 employees
Capacity per annum
- Fabric: 2,300,000 rm
- Fabric finishing: 4,400,000 sqm
Feathers and downs
Annual output of feathers and downs:
- Finished springs: 3,000 tonnes
- Raw feathers: 1,000 tons
Goods produced
Annual output of produced goods:
- Filled covers: 1,000,000 parts
- Filled bedding: 430.000 parts