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This is a short chronicle
of the Chiba Glove Company,
so that you know who we are
and the beginnings from which
we come.
Alios Chiba founded the Chiba
Glove Company in 1853. Alios
came from Vienna, the Austrian
Empires capital, at the request
of the Kaiser to bring work
to his poor areas.
Alios started and founded
the glove industry in an area
named "Bohemia. Within
one generation the small town
of "Abertham", with
a population of only 4000 people,
became the glove capital of
Germany. Nearly every house
was a glove factory and the
surrounding area became prosperous.
Tanneries were started, sewing
girls were needed and a complete
infrastructure was built.
Chiba Gloves grew to have
branches in England in the
early 1900's and export of
goods to the United States.
Business was booming so people
had work and food. World War
I stopped the upward growth
trend. No raw materials were
available anymore, since most
of the materials came from
places that were now battlegrounds.
The end of World War I changed
the face of the Austrian empire;
it no longer existed. A new
state was created, the Czech
Republic. Nearly 5-million
Germans became Czech citizens
overnight. This became a start
to a new beginning. Through
diligence and persistence new
prosperity and worldwide exports
were brought about.
When World War II started
our production switched from
private use to military use.
By 1945 nearly 2000 workers
were employed by the Chiba
Glove Company. The end of the
war in 1945 also brought a
total loss of everything Business,
Home & Land for 5 million
Germans including us. We were
driven from our homes and had
to start anew with nothing.
For us Bavaria became a new
home. Today the Chiba Glove
Company is located in Teisendorf
Germany, a small village near
Salzburg, Austria. Our production
facilities are in Semerang
Indonesia. The current factory
is 50,000 square feet with
an additional 50,000 square
foot factory coming online
in March 2000. This additional
facility will increase our
glove productivity as well
as enable us to begin production
of our outdoor technical apparel
line. This will consist of
Vests, Jackets Rain-capes and
various other articles for
the cycling market. We have
agents in nearly all major
countries of the world.
While our past was in the
production of fine gloves,
our present day production
is in high quality sports gloves.
We currently produce product
for the Cycling, Ski/Snowboard,
In-Line Skate, Golf, Fitness
and Water Sport industries.
We are currently expanding
into the Police, Fire and Motorcycle
markets.
Chiba Gloves is proud to
be one of the only few still
existing companies of the 600
glove companies from 30 years
ago.
The (4th) Fourth Generation
of the Chiba family is now
taking over with the same persistence
and know how of four generations
of glove makers.
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