Ed. Haas Hungária Kft., Győr

Eduard Haas I invents baking powder approximately 100 years ago and suggests it as a medicine in his praxis. His son, Eduard Haas II runs a general shop in Linz. The Imperial and Royal registry Court registers the company under the name of his grandson, Eduard Haas III in 1915. The founding father starts producing baking powder in 1916. Already that year a paper advertisement support the product distribution. Year 1927 is a milestone: PEZ peppermints candies appear (the first, medial and last letter of the German word Pfefferminz). The triumph of dispenser figures under the aegis of "sweets and toys" concept starts in 1950. Ed.Haas International During World War I manufacturing plants start operating in the area of the previous Austria, Bohemia, Poland and Germany. After World War II the company lost these manufacturing capacities. In 1962 Eduard Haas V starts the Ed.Haas International trade house, which has been the exclusive distributor of several international brands ever since. Nowadays many producing and trade companies belong to the holding - within and outside of Austria, as well. Currently daughter companies operate in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine. The production for the East-European markets and the Hungarian trade representation were established within the frame of the Ed.Haas Hungaria Kft. and PEZ Hungaria Kft. Beside its own distributors the Ed.Haas International sends its products via distribution partners to more than 60 countries of the world.