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In 1909 J. Hückel´s Söhne (major producers of Austrian Velours and other soft and stiff felt hats) produced ~ 5,000 fur felt hats a day and processed 16,000 pelts a day at their main factory in Neutitschein, Austria (now Novy Jicin, Czech Republic). I believe they more than doubled those numbers by the late 1930s (4,000 workers at 3 factories). JHS was the largest hat company in central Europe. A. Peschel, A. Pichler and Brüder Böhm also had factories in Neutitschein up to the start of WWII.
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