In around 1840, Mr. Koch started bleaching home-made linen in the village of Zlíč. In 1884, when his bleaching ground was bought by Kristián Holzbecher, it was far from what we can see today. It resembled a small workshop rather than a factory. In 1880, Kristián Holzbecher's son Josef Holzbecher became an owner of the bleachery. He already started to bleach cotton yarns (which took the place of flax yarns in this region) in large scale.