Throughout the years, a shoe factory emerged from this tannery, which company founder Erich Rohde overtook in 1926 and finally turned into a production plant.

Acting in the legal form of a limited partnership, the Erich Rohde KG started expanding in the 1960s and founded subsidiaries in Austria and Germany as well as production plants in Portugal and Eastern Europe.

Through the integration of modern computer technologies, the company enhanced its equipment and thus accelerated the production processes due to actual market development.

In 1996, the Erich Rohde GmbH got the license for producing and selling the shoe collection of the French lifestyle brand Daniel Hechter and thus broadened its offerings.

Erich Rohde GmbH has 3,200 trading partners in Europe and two outlet stores, one at its headquarters in Schwalmstadt and another one in the German town of Borken (Hesse).