Short History…

1961 – At a time of comparatively high unemployment in Liepaja, the idea of establishing a lingerie factory in the city gets a high response.
1965 – The factory construction design is developed by a group of experts from five scientific institutes in St. Petersburg, Riga, Kiev, Ivanovo and Vilnius. Soon after, the construction of the factory is started and its initial name is 'Women’s Toiletry Production Factory'.
1969 – The new factory is renamed 'Lauma'.
1971 – The first shop producing ribbons and knitted fabrics is opened. 625 employees are working for the company.
1977 – Construction of the factory is completed, the production blocks occupy 11 ha and the total area of the company is 27 ha. There are 5 workshops in the factory: lace knitting, ribbon weaving, silk weaving, dyeing and finishing, as well as a sewing shop.
1980 – The total amount of employees reaches 5000.
1994 – After the privatisation of the State factory it becomes the Joint Stock Company AS Lauma.
1999 – The vast majority of the company’s products are granted the Öko-Tex certificate. 1200 employees are working for the Company.
2003 – The quality and environmental management systems of the company are certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 standards.
2005 – A subsidiary of AS Lauma – SIA LAUMA FABRICS is established, which produces raw materials for lingerie production. SIA Lauma Fabrics is registered with the Commercial Register of the Register of Enterprises on 21 October 2005 in accordance with the applicable lawsof the Republic of Latvia.
2006 – SIA Lauma Fabrics acquires one of the leading lace manufacturers in Europe – the French lace design centre Desseilles Fabrics, located in Calais, France. From now on Lauma Fabrics and Desseilles Fabrics participate in exhibitions together.
New Jacquardtronics and Textronics lace knitting machines are acquired through the investment of over 3.5 million EUR.
In March the concept and logo of the medical product brand Lauma Medical is developed, and its registration started in the largest markets. With the investment of approximately 570 000 EUR in technology and production development, within two years all thread winding, covering and warping equipment is completely replaced, and new technologies in ribbon production are also developed.
2007 – Nine lace production machines are brought to Liepaja from Desseilles Fabrics in France. The total capacity of the Latvian factory doubles. SIA LAUMA FABRICS becomes one of the largest lace manufacturers in Europe.
2008 – New generation 32 and 40 gauge knitting machines are acquired, thus allowing the company to offer exclusive new knitted elastic fabrics in the market. SIA Lauma Fabrics actively participates in exhibitions in France, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, as well as other countries.
The company introduces its medical products in some new markets – Kazakhstan, Moldova and Germany, as well as enters into active cooperation with a sales agent in the United Kingdom.
2009 – In March the new company SIA Lauma Distribution is established in order to develop the promotion of medical products in the largest SIA LAUMA FABRICS markets.
In August, following registration on the largest CIS markets, the transition to the elastic medical bandage Latex Free version is started, replacing latex with elasthane.
By acquiring new equipment, increasing production capacity, and arranging employee training, the moulding business is started at the end of the year, which means that besides textile materials such as lace, elastic and non-elastic knitted fabrics, the company can also offer its customers specially processed raw materials.