j.ploenes

hans ploenes gmbh was founded in 1936 as 'goldband cravat manufacturer' by hans ploenes, the father of the two current managing partners hajo and rainer ploenes. after relocating a few times within krefeld, germany, the enterprise has been at the at the robert-wirichs-strasse location for more than 20 years. even the third generation has come on board. claudia and christoph ploenes have been assisting their fathers in management for over 10 of years now. as before, ploenes still manufactures high quality ties that are 'made in germany', and is thus one of the very few enterprises which follows homemade production with the help of skillful and competent personnel. apart from ties, ploenes offers a range of scarves, bow ties and other accessories. every year the upscale retailing industry is presented with a choice of two major collections (spring/summer and fall/winter), as well as two post-design collections with 4,000 new patterns. the materials for the ties are from germany and italy