Our History
When passion meets dexterity, it has to be ESKA. For more than 100 years the name has represented innovative craftsmanship.
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1912
Company founded by Josef Eska. Production of classic leather gloves and military gloves.
1936
Employment of approximately 500 people, managed by Josef Eska and Aloisia Eska as 1st generation. Franziska Eska married Paul Loos.
1945
Expulsion, relocation to Thalheim.
1952
Eska exhibits at its first trade fair in Austria.
1959
Production of skiing gloves commences.
1964
Management takeover by Paul and Franziska Loos as 2nd generation.
1965
Construction of the new company building in Thalheim (Bruckhofstraße).
1968
Anna Maria Binder marries Paul Loos. Mrs. Loos takes over the office management and becomes the right hand for overall company management.
1983
The brothers Paul and Kurt Loos take over the company management as the 3rd generation.
1991
Paul Loos becomes the sole Managing Director.
1997
Relocation to the new ESKA company building in Thalheim
2001
The brother and sister Regina and Paul Herbert Loos take over the company management as 4th generation Managing Directors.
2012
ESKA – 100 years of innovation & passion
2016
ESKA Australia is established
The Future
The Best is yet to Come!