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Our History


2009 Exceedes sales volume: 600.000 pairs
   
2008 Volume of sales: 42 million Euros.
   
2007 Great success at the FDIC in Indianapolis. First Presentation of Fire Flash Xtreme in US. The success is going on.
   
2006 HAIX® North America separates from Lion Apparel and begins to establish its own dealer network throughout the United States.
   
2005 The sales forecast of 400,000 pairs creates the demand for a new factory with a capacity of 1,600 – 2,000 pairs daily. HAIX® has two distribution centers (Europe and North America) and owns two factories in Europe.
   
2004 HAIX® produces over 300,000 pairs. HAIX® is the market leader in many European countries.
   
2003 HAIX® customers in North America are served from the new headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky.
   
2002 The growth of HAIX® is an ongoing process. Sales exceed 250,000 pairs.
   
1999 The market demand for our products and our production volume exceeds 100,000 pairs.
   
1993 HAIX® expands and develops functional footwear for fire brigades, law enforcement, workwear and outdoor use.
   
1992 The certified master shoemaker Ewald Haimerl, also a fire fighter, develops a collection of leather fire fighting boots based on suggestions from his comrades and from his own experience.
   
1948 XAVER HAIMERL founds the HAIX® shoe factory.