How it all began

For nearly a century, Schneider Group has been a leading name in the processing and trading of fine wools and speciality fibres. The company was established in Australia by Giovanni Schneider, a young wool buyer with an entrepreneurial spirit, who started his own wool trading business in the early 1920s. Following the conclusion of the Second World War, the sales of greasy wool fell dramatically in favor of a rising demand for semi-processed products. This significant shift in market needs prompted the Group to develop a new area of business focusing on wool tops, whose production was initially outsourced to external suppliers before being moved in-house in the 1990s.