In 1827, Isidor Sandmann, a Jewish haberdasher from Susz, settled in Bydgoszcz and set up in 1854, a haberdashery factory at present day Długa street.

[1] In 1922, Janiak and Lewandowski, two entrepreneurs from Bydgoszcz, bought companies from the hands of Jewish citizens, so as to transformed them into a commercial business, Janiak-Lewandowski.

[2] In 1924, Eligiusz Franciszek Lewandowski (1883-1935) became the sole owner of the plant, as his partner Janiak, co-owner of the Fabryka Wyrobów Drzewnych had been living in Pleszew.

In the 1930s, a weaving mill was built, together with a villa dedicated to the plant's owner in 1938, on designs by architect Jan Kossowski.

[2] In 1945, the factory was nationalized and expanded in the following years with, among others, a second weaving mill, warehouses, workshops, a dye house and a lodge.

Like many industries in this period, "Pasamon" became a multi-site enterprise with branches in Bydgoszcz (at Jagiellońska and Wrocławska streets) and in Włocławek.

[11] Pasamon is a manufacturer of woven fabric tapes and technical haberdashery, used in numerous domains: leather crafting, upholstery, mining, transport, construction, military equipment.

[13] Pasamon has a company shop at 117 Jagiellońska street in Bydgoszcz, collocated with the production site: the location is highlighted with a brand neon sign which has been operating since 1973.