MÜHLE: Celebrating 75 Years of Shaving Culture

1945

Founding

Having just returned from the war, Otto Johannes Müller founds a small business with great optimism. In a laundry room, he makes the first brushes and brushes and invents the MÜHLE signet.

1949

Setback

The company founder specializes in MÜHLE shaving brushes and wins the first export customers abroad. A fire destroys the company headquarters, but Otto Johannes Müller continues undeterred.

1965

New Generation

After the early death of his father, Hans-Jürgen Müller takes over the company with 40 employees. MÜHLE now exports its products to 36 countries.

1972

Expropriation

The great expropriation wave of the GDR leadership also affected MÜHLE: Under pressure from the state, Hans-Jürgen Müller sold his company, which became a state-owned enterprise (VEB).

1987

Taking Leave

As part of the "VEB Flamingo-Brushes Schönheide" MÜHLE now produces brushes for the needs of the GDR. Hans-Jürgen Müller leaves the company and becomes self-employed as a brush maker.

1990

New Beginning

With the turnaround, Hans-Jürgen Müller regained the expropriated family business. From then on it trades as Hans-Jürgen Müller KG, the MÜHLE signet remains.

1995

50 Years

During the first years after reunification, MÜHLE struggled to survive every day. Little by little, the company wins new customers and rehires former employees.

2006

Boom

In the period after the turn of the millennium, the product range is expanded to include a high-quality full range for wet shaving. The MÜHLE brand comes to the fore.

2008

Third Generation

The sons Christian and Andreas Müller take over the management from their father. Despite the economic crisis, sales are growing and vertical integration is further increased.

2014

Berlin

The company is now celebrating shaving culture from the Ore Mountains in the metropolis of Berlin - with the first MÜHLE store including a barber shop in the Hackesche Höfe.

2017

Design Award

The HEXAGON product series was created in collaboration with the Berlin designer Mark Braun and received two awards: the Red Dot Award and the German Design Award.

2018

London

MÜHLE opens its second store in the heart of London's West End on Newburgh Street not far from Piccadilly Circus.

2021

COMPANION

With the COMPANION, MÜHLE is breaking new ground: our first unisex model with a patented planing head is launched. Gone are the days when only men grabbed a safety razor. Developed for people who are looking for a unisex product that no longer makes any distinctions - except, of course, in terms of sustainability and zero waste.

2025

80 Years

From the small brush manufacturer to a global brand with classic status: MÜHLE is celebrating its 80th anniversary and continues to focus on shaving culture made in the Ore Mountains.