In 1908, the success story of the Hamm traditional company started when the 18 year old farmer’s son Fritz Jaspert from Welver was gripped by the adventure bug and in the same year worked on a ship to finance his passage to America.
It was there that he saw his first ice-cream wafer which was rolled around a wooden cone and baked. In 1904, a patent had been filed for this procedure by a New Yorker named Italo Marchioni. This ice-cream wafer made a lasting impression.

1913
Foundation of the wafer bakery “Frija Waffeln” in Hamm, Westphalia, by Fritz Jaspert and his wife Else

In painstaking manual labour, about 250 employees produced the ice-cream wafer demand of the region before World War II

1939
Governmental prohibition of the production of ice-cream wafers
Conversion to whole-grain wafers

1942
Entry of the 2nd generation by Wolfgang Jaspert

1949
Installation of the first fully automatic wafer machine

1959
Relocation of the company to its current location in Richard-Wagner-Straße 24

1978
Entry of the 3rd generation by Ulf Jaspert

1979
First delivery abroad

1989
Entry of the 3rd generation by Dirk Jaspert

1997
Commissioning of a fully automatic batter mixing plant

2000
Start of the organic wafer production
Start of production for the fast-food and catering field

2004
Organic Certification

2010
Extension of storage capacity by an external warehouse

2011
Certification according to “IFS” (International Food Standard)

2013
Certification “Eco Profit” based on saving of resources and protection of environment

2014/2015
Energy Management Certification