Graham Howe (businessman) Graham Howe (businessman) Graham Edward Howe (born 23 May 1961) is a British entrepreneur and businessman who founded Orange UK, with Hans Snook. He was born in St Albans. He went to St Albans Grammar School for Boys (now known since 1975 as the comprehensive Verulam School), and later attended the University of Birmingham where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce. Hans Snook had the ideas for Orange in the UK, when it was originally owned by Hutchison Whampoa, who would later found Three. It was Graham Howe who would get the company off the ground. They met in 1992.
Hans Adler (business) present-day company premises. In the following year "Hans Adler OHG Schwarzwälder Fleischwaren" was founded, Hans Adler’s son Peter became co-partner and systematically promoted the production of smoked products. Hans Adler retired in 1974 and the son Hansjörg joined the family-owned company as a partner. In 1975 the first portion of sliced Black Forest ham left the production line in self-service packaging. Also in this year an air-cured ham called "Alemannian ham" was added to the product range. In 1985 Adler acquired "Kinzigtäler Fleischwaren GmbH", Haslach and "Schwarzwaldrauch GmbH", Achern, which subsequently were renamed to "Schwarzwaldfleisch GmbH". Since 1994 the specialization