1932 Foundation of the Paul Schmedding KG company, Hamburg.
Trade in mainly duty-free products from Britain in the free port of Hamburg.

1959 Set-up and expansion of domestic business with British confectionery.
1977 Foundation of Cavendish & Harvey Ltd., London. Opening up of global market with an international brand.
Purchase of all products in Britain and packaging in our own factory in Goole near Hull.
Most important product: 200g "Travel Tins" of drops.
1983 Closure of the British packaging operation and relocation to Hamburg.
1984 Foundation of KG Cavendish & Harvey Germany GmbH & Co.
1984 New factory built in Kaltenkirchen.
1991 Own production of hard caramels.
1995 Construction of a much larger factory in Kaltenkirchen.
1998 Foundation of Cavendish & Harvey Confectionery GmbH.
1999 In July, merger with Winkelmann Nachf. S¨1?waren GmbH, (a confectionery company) in Visselh?vede at the Kaltenkirchen site.
2002 Rebuilding of a warehouse destroyed in a major fire on the 3rd of July 2001.
2002 In April, Cavendish & Harvey are taken over by the Dr. Wolfgang Boettger group of companies, Berlin/Brunswick/Wesel.
2005 IFS certification
2006 Reorganisation completed-including the extension of the sweet kitchen and introduction of SAP for the entire
process-optimised business cycle for goods.
2007 Cavendish & Harvey celebrates it`s 75th Anniversary