About Durable - History

  


Competence and Improvement ... making life easier

The DURABLE trademark has signified top-quality products, high levels of customer service and innovation for over 80 years.

 
It is Durable’s aim to develop solutions that, as a result of their quality, function and design, fulfil people's desire for products that will provide individual quality at work.

 
Durable is one of the leading manufacturers of office organisation and presentation media worldwide. Their market position is safeguarded by the consistent  development of innovative products that justify high demands on design and function. Numerous national and international design awards and prizes are acknowledgement their our progress.

URABLE Hunke & Jochheim GmbH & Co. KG were established as a family business in Iserlohn in 1920 and originally manufactured metal index tabs. They have since become known as pioneers in developing and producing office supplies. Originality and creative conception combined with continual focus on innovation, quality and design have always played a major role in Durable’s corporate philosophy - critical factors that determine the success and future viability of any company in today's competitive marketplace.

One of Durable’s outstanding product successes is the DURACLIP® clip folder that was launched in 1959 and has since become synonymous with filing unpunched papers in a fast, professional and sophisticated manner.

With about 600 employees, Durable see themselves as a medium-sized enterprise with German manufacturing tradition and a global orientation.

The majority of our products are made at one of our locations in Gotha, Iserlohn-Sümmern, Kamen-Mether and, more recently, in Stettin (Poland). Our international character as a global player is apparent in our subsidiaries in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, France, Austria, the USA and our representation in Russia. In addition to this, we cooperate on an international scale with renowned importers and agencies.

The DURABLE range of products today encompass about 2,000 articles that are divided into the product groups: Files and Folders, Name Badges, Indexing Systems, Desk Organisation, Computer Accessories, Information and Presentation Systems, Storage and Archiving Systems, Cleaning Products, and Self-adhesive Products. More than 60 new items are launched each year, and a significant percentage of our sales are made with products that have been on the market for less than 5 years

Acknowledged as one of the leading German companies in the office supplies industry, we have held ISO 9001 quality certification since 1994, consequently guaranteeing superior quality throughout the Group.