About Us
- 1962 Liselotte Hofert founded her first FORNITURAS sales business in Barcelona
- 1964 the first large productions of WOOD beads are made
- 1968 incorporation of stones and GLASS beads
- 1969 expansion of the catalog with IMITATION PEARLS, SEQUINS, SEWING STONES,
- 70s EMBROIDERS, FITTERS (Hippies), manufacturers of FASHION ACCESSORIES discover the creative possibilities with HOFERT products
- 1984 HOFERT brand is registered and significant investments are made to expand STOCK capacity and logistics improvements
- 1987 all segments related to the FASHION INDUSTRY are explored
- 90s incorporation of a lot of NEWS
- 1997 collaboration with SWAROVSKI
- 2003 leader with THE LARGEST BEADS VARIETY
- 2009 agreements with MANUFACTURERS of COMPONENTS to distribute their products.
- 2014 partner SWAROVSKI
Our R&D department collects the opinions and requirements of customers, being able to continuously innovate in accordance with the trends in the different sectors of the fashion industry.
The materials from which components and semi-finished products are manufactured – easy to use – are fundamentally: wood, leather, crystal, glass, plastic, methacrylate and metal. The manufacturing processes consist of casting, stamping, injection, turning, casting – and finishing – welding, galvanizing, threading, embroidery, crimping, gluing, dyeing, lacquering.
After more than 50 years, the character of the company remains familiar and is currently characterized by periodically exchanging fashion trends and novelties with its clients, searching for articles according to the client’s instructions and providing support in product application techniques.
What we do & Who we are
What we do
We are manufacturing and distributing beads and components since 1962.
To whom do we address
Any segment from the fashion-industry
Products
Our collection has more than 20.000 items which are produced with a huge selection of row materials using several different technologies.
We are offering continuously novelties to manufacturers, craftsmen and designers moving tendencies and solutions between the different market segments, with the result that this service is an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
Our clients
We have about 2500 clients within the national and international markets. Collaborating with them we are able to develop new components based on their ideas and requirements.
Client’s suggestions are extremely important for us.
Who we are
Company with more than 50 years of experience, founded by Hans-Joachim and Liselotte as components and stones business to supply costume jewelry industry, is actually in the hands of second and third generation of the family Hofert, which is characterized by a high creative capacity and proximity to client.
