 Ferdinand founded his first glove shop in Prague in 1865, but due to high quality of his products he was soon able to expand across the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and he opened new shops in Vienna and Budapest.After ten years of Emil Engelmüller’s management, in February 1904, Engelmüller presented new driving products at the first automobile exhibition in Bohemia, where the was founded.Besides new gloves, the range featured elegant leather coats, drivers’ peaked caps and leather helmets.