Together with his cousin Eduard Boecker, who provided the technical expertise, the respected businessman Carl Haver founded the Haver & Boecker wire weaving mill in Hohenlimburg near Hagen in 1887. Just a few years after the company was founded, Carl Haver wondered why the wire was woven by hand instead of adapting the looms to the new technical age. He also looked for ways to get past the price-squeezing competition. Operating a new type of mechanical loom seemed to be the solution.
Unfortunately, the expensive new acquisition broke down during continuous operation. Carl Haver took responsibility for this shipwreck, his cousin Eduard leaving the company in 1891. Carl Haver took over the business alone and continued to use hand looms.
When it became increasingly difficult to find workers in Hohenlimburg, Carl Haver relocated the entire company to Oelde in 1897, where the wage level was far removed from that in Hohenlimburg. Fully convinced that the concept of mechanical looms must work, the entrepreneur ventured into a new attempt at mechanization. This time he succeeded.
