Hanes
The Hanes brand is used by the company for marketing a variety of clothing:Hanes was founded in 1900 by John Wesley Hanes at Winston, North Carolina under the name Shamrock Knitting Mills.
HanseYachts
HanseYachts is originated in an old-established shipyard for fishing cutters and other workboats. The today's company was founded in 1990 – after the fall of the Iron Curtain – by Michael Schmidt, the winner of the 1985 Admiral's Cup. At the beginning, "Yachtzentrum Greifswald" – so the former name of HanseYachts – focused on yacht refit and other services. The first model "Hanse 291" (which based on the design of the "Aphrodite 291") was launched in 1993. In the years to come, the company successively extended the model range and grew rapidly. In the late 1990s, HanseYachts and the yacht designers "Judel/Vrolijk & Co" started their still existing collaboration. In 2003, the range comprised eight models up to 53  ft. In 2007, HanseYachts AG went public (General Standard, Frankfurt). Founder Michael Schmidt remained majority shareholder.