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The history of the Stucken Group dates back to 1841 when the Stucken family began its trans-Atlantic trading activities.
In 1863 the firm A Stucken & Co. was founded in Bremen, Germany and began trading in overseas wools.
In this way the Stucken family began its long and successful foray into the international wool business, expanding their
trade before long into Russia and Asia.
In 1950 Rudi Stucken, after successfully re-establishing the company after the devastating effects of the Second World War,
immigrated to South Africa and there started Stucken South Africa as a greasy wool trading house. In the 1960's the
South African trading company expanded its activities into commission wool washing and combing. In the 1970's
The Stucken Group became directly involved in wool processing with the acquisition of Gubb & Inggs making it a
fully integrated wool processing and trading organization. During those years the mohair business developed and
expanded, giving the Group an important second trading leg. In keeping with this growth Gubb & Inggs started a
combing operation for this luxury fibre, becoming the first mill to process this fibre at origin.
In the 1980's the Group acquired OS Blenkinsop and Texas International Mohair (which still operates today in a
trading and mohair sourcing capacity). These acquisitions further strengthened and consolidated the Group's position
as a major participant in the world's niche mohair business.
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