Adler-Werk lacquer factory Johann Berghofer
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1934 |
| Seat | Schwaz (Austria) |
| management | Andrea Berghofer |
| Number of employees | 620 |
| sales | 115 million euros |
| Branch | Paints, varnishes, wood preservatives |
| Website | www.adler-lacke.com |
The Adler-Werk Lackfabrik Johann Berghofer GmbH & Co KG (spelling: ADLER ) is an Austrian manufacturer of paints, varnishes, stains and wood preservatives based in Schwaz , Tyrol , and according to the business journal "undisputed market leader" in the industry in Austria .
It has its own subsidiaries in Germany, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands (ADLER Benelux). Adler also supplies customers in numerous other European countries (including France, Spain, Greece, Russia, Ukraine) and in Israel via trading partners. Service centers are located in Vienna, St. Pölten , Leonding near Linz, Kalsdorf near Graz and Klagenfurt. In Germany there are service points in Landshut, in Dornstadt near Ulm and in Herford, and in Switzerland there is a service point in Tuggen .
The Adler-Werk Lackfabrik produces coatings for the carpentry trade, for industrial furniture, window, parquet and door manufacturers, for wood construction and for painters. Do-it-yourself products are sold in Austria and Germany by 120 color specialist stores, the Adler color masters.
history
In 1934 Johann Berghofer founded a small paint shop in the old town of Schwaz. In the store's storerooms he soon began to produce oil paints, matting, polishes and floor care products himself.
In 1947 the first production building was built on what was then the outskirts of Schwaz, in which 50 tons of paint were produced each year. In 1953 the word and figurative mark "ADLER" was registered and the production building was expanded.
When the founder of the Adler-Werk died in 1964 at the age of 54, his son Günther Berghofer and his mother Hermine Berghofer took over the company with 45 employees. The Adler brand developed from the small paint shop.
From 1974 to 1983 Günther Berghofer had the most modern paint factory in Europe built by the standards of the time at a new location "on the green meadow" on the outskirts of Schwaz in three construction phases. In addition, a laboratory building, a high-bay warehouse and an environmental protection and recycling center were built at the new company location. From the 1980s, ADLER pushed the development of environmentally friendly and low-emission water-based paints. Today 65% of the products are made on a water basis.
In 1999 Günther Berghofer's daughter Andrea Berghofer joined the management of the family business. Internationalization was stepped up and new markets opened up. From 2016 the company location was expanded to include the most modern water-based paint factory in Europe, which works according to an energy-saving modular production process. In 2019 a new logistics center with a fully automated high-bay warehouse was built.
In 2010 the Adler factory was named an “Excellent Tyrolean Apprenticeship Company” and was named “Austria's Leading Company” in the Tyrol category by the business newspaper.
environmental Protection
65% of the 10,000 articles in the ADLER range are water-based. Most of the wall paints and several ADLER wood protection products have been awarded the Austrian Ecolabel. In addition, various ADLER products are certified according to the Cradle to Cradle cycle management principle. The factory in Schwaz has its own environmental protection and recycling center, in which solvent-laden waste water and air are cleaned. The company is voluntarily certified according to Responsible Care and was the first Austrian paint factory to be certified according to ISO 50001 (energy management). Since 2018, ADLER has been one of the first companies in its industry to be 100% climate neutral.
Company data 2018
- 620 employees (including sales companies), including 110 employees in development and application technology, including 10 apprentices.
- 115 million € annual turnover (consolidated group turnover)
- 61% export share: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, France, Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, the Netherlands and the like. a.
- Annual production: 17,800 tons, 65% of which are water-based varnishes, stains and water-thinnable paints
- Production program: Furniture lacquers and stains, window coating systems as well as building lacquers and wood preservatives
- 10,000 items
- 800 different raw materials, 95% of them from the EU
- Service bases in Austria: Graz, Klagenfurt, Linz, St. Pölten and Vienna
- Service bases in Germany: Dornstadt near Ulm, Landshut, Herford
- Service base in Switzerland: Tuggen
- Sales companies in Germany, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wirtschaftsblatt of October 19, 2010 ( memento of November 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on August 22, 2011
- ↑ Confirmation of market leadership , Association of the Austrian Chemical Industry, accessed on November 3, 2011
- ↑ Press release from the company and a list of the award-winning companies on the country's website .
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: report of the WirtschaftsBlattes ).
- ↑ Key figures on the company's website, accessed July 29, 2015
Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '38 " N , 11 ° 43' 27.7" E