In 1835, Kalman Poznanski and his one-year-old son, Izrael, moved to Lodz from Aleksandrow Lodzki. Kalman owned a market stand at Stary Rynek in Lodz, where he sold various spices and fabrics. During that time, the Lodz industrialists grew in money and power - as the Russian market for fabrics, mainly cotton, increased. When Izrael Poznanski inherited his father's company, he also decided to reshape and expand his business. He bought the plots around Ogrodowa Street, where he built the weaving plant in 1872. During the next 25 years, he expanded to a new, huge complex consisting of weaving plants, spinning mills, a bleachery, power plant, finishing plant, dyehouse, warehouses, fire station and a company store. He also built houses, a hospital, a school and a community centre and canteen for thousands of his workers.
