A history of technology, a vision of innovation

1852 WEST GROTON, MA | 1871 EAST WALPOLE, MA
1728

1728

The Province of Massachusetts Bay grants patent to manufacture paper.

1793

1793

Mark Hollingsworth joins the firm.

1843

1843

Company granted patent for manila paper.

1881

1881

Zachery Hollingsworth and Charles Vose form partnership.

1890

1890

H&V develops the first electrical insulating paper.

1956 EASTON & GREENWICH, NY 1976 FLOYD, VA
1920

1920

H&V enters gasket market.

1941

1941

H&V develops filter media for the U.S. military, the foundation for our HEPA air filtration media.

1945

1945

H&V becomes a leader in engine cellulosic and high-efficiency microfiber glass filter media manufacturing.

1958

1958

H&V pioneers development of wet-laid nonwovens used in home furnishings.

1981

1981

H&V forms joint venture in Mexico.

1982 WINCHCOMBE, UK | 1983 APIZACO, MX 1988 HAWKINSVILLE, GA 1997 CORVALLIS, OR
1984

1984

H&V becomes a leading manufacturer of industrial battery separators.

1991

1991

H&V enters high-efficiency synthetic filtration media market.

1998

1998

H&V introduces AFM™ activated carbon technology.

2000 KENTMERE, UK | 2001 HATZFELD, GERMANY
1999

1999

H&V develops Nanofiber coating technology.

2000

2000

H&V's Technostat® becomes the highest performing electret media.

2003

2003

H&V commercializes Advanced Cure Resin (ACR) family of binders.

2004

2004

H&V establishes greenfield facility in Suzhou, China.

2014 MYSURU, INDIA
2007

2007

H&V develops NanoWave® media.

2010

2010

H&V launches NanoWeb® technology.

2018

2018

H&V becomes a leading global supplier of automotive start-stop battery separator.

2020

2020

H&V shifts focus and responds to COVID-19.

Today

Today

H&V is a global leader in our field.