 Even though the population of Randers grew in these years, it was also the time, when the town was outpaced by Aarhus and Aalborg.The glove factory of "Randers Handskefabrik" was established in 1811, and is considered among the oldest glove factories in the World.The manufacturing of gloves in Randers has been traced back to 1200s, in the 1600s it was the primary occupation here and from the 1700s the gloves became known abroad, with exports to Sweden, Germany, Russia, France and England.