A history of technology, a vision of innovation
1728
The Province of Massachusetts Bay grants patent to manufacture paper.
1793
Mark Hollingsworth joins the firm.
1843
Company granted patent for manila paper.
1881
Zachery Hollingsworth and Charles Vose form partnership.
1890
H&V develops the first electrical insulating paper.
1920
H&V enters gasket market.
1941
H&V develops filter media for the U.S. military, the foundation for our HEPA air filtration media.
1945
H&V becomes a leader in engine cellulosic and high-efficiency microfiber glass filter media manufacturing.
1958
H&V pioneers development of wet-laid nonwovens used in home furnishings.
1981
H&V forms joint venture in Mexico.
1984
H&V becomes a leading manufacturer of industrial battery separators.
1991
H&V enters high-efficiency synthetic filtration media market.
1998
H&V introduces AFM™ activated carbon technology.
1999
H&V develops Nanofiber coating technology.
2000
H&V's Technostat® becomes the highest performing electret media.
2003
H&V commercializes Advanced Cure Resin (ACR) family of binders.
2004
H&V establishes greenfield facility in Suzhou, China.
2007
H&V develops NanoWave® media.
2010
H&V launches NanoWeb® technology.
2018
H&V becomes a leading global supplier of automotive start-stop battery separator.
2020
H&V shifts focus and responds to COVID-19.
Today
H&V is a global leader in our field.