Textile engineer Eckhard Bluhm sets up the firm Bluhm-Köln with its Bluhmod brand – made by combining Bluhm + Mode (fashion) – in the 100 m2 basement of his private home in Cologne-Brück.
Bluhmod-France is established and topical flash lines are imported from Paris every week.
Together with his wife Beate Bluhm Eckhard Bluhm drives his firm’s growth and starts producing women’s knitwear and shirts in Europe.
Asian sourcing markets are developed as a basis for further expansion.
Sees the in-house design department being established and constantly expanded by adding staff.
Marc Bluhm and Astrid Bahde join the company and are promoted to management posts in the following years.
A new administration building, collection rooms and a logistics centre are built on 10,000 m² in Cologne-Gremberghoven – the current location of Bluhmod headquarters.
Reorientation of the Bluhmod brand and complete brand communication.