Julius and Emil Heller founded the company Braunschweigische Lederwerke J. u. E. Heller in Hehlen on the river Weser in the year 1920. The company with 150 employees produced mainly vegetable-tanned harness and case leathers. In the sixties, the production was switched over to mineral-tanning for upholstery leather and subtle leathers for the famous German leather goods manufacturers. The company HELLER-LEDER is able to look back on an 80 year tanning tradition, and is still owned by the family in the 4th generation, represented by the current owner and Managing Director, Mr. Thomas Strebost.

The technology is maintained at the most updated development level through permanent investments and up-grading.

HELLER-LEDER has e.g. opened in May 2000 a new dye-house equipped with the most up-dated computer controls at an investment cost of more than Euro 5 Mio.

The company HELLER-LEDER is today capable of producing mineral-tanned as well as chrome-free leathers.

Technical leathers with properties like high abrasion leathers for extreme performance are offered through our associate HELCOR-LEDER-tec.