Berendsen plc
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| legal form | Public limited company |
| ISIN | GB00B0F99717 |
| founding | 1920 |
| resolution | 2017 |
| Reason for dissolution | Takeover by Elis |
| Seat | London , UK |
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| Number of employees | approx. 16,000 |
| sales | £ 1.04 billion |
| Branch | Textile service |
| Website | www.berendsen.com |
| Status: 2014 | |
Berendsen plc was an international group headquartered in London, listed on the London Stock Exchange (BRSN) and included in the FTSE 250 benchmark index . Sales in 2014 were £ 1,038 million
Berendsen employed around 16,000 people, was the leading textile service company in Europe and the market leader in textile supply in several countries. The group was active in 16 countries and operates 156 large laundries across Europe (as of December 31, 2014).
The group was divided into four sections:
- Rental work ( workwear )
- Cleanroom, mat service and washroom hygiene ( facility )
- Hotel and catering service ( hospitality )
- Healthcare ( Health Care )
Berendsen had production facilities in Germany , Scandinavia and Great Britain for its own workwear collections, protective equipment and surgical textiles.
history
Godfrey Davis founded an automobile trade in 1920 , and his company soon became a major rental and leasing company. In 1959 he went with his company on the London Stock Exchange. In 1987, Davis acquired Sunlight Services , a leading laundry company founded in 1900, for £ 8 million . He had previously sold his car rental business in 1981. In 1991, Godfrey Davis sold three of four of his auto dealerships and changed the name to Davis Service Group .
In 1996 it came to the corporate takeover of Spring Grove Services from the Granada Group . This also leading laundry company was operating on the Irish and German markets after it, among others, at the site Meßkirch the company in 1991 Haussler had, that was strong in the area "Hotel linens" adopted.
2002 he founded in 1854 Sophus Berendsen A / S based in the Danish Copenhagen . The purchase price was £ 426 million. In 2007, the large laundry Berendsen took over the companies Permaclean Textilmietservice ( Düsseldorf ) and Saniwo Textil ( Worms ). As a result, the textile service previously offered in the “health care” area was expanded to include “industrial clothing”.
Effective January 4, 2011, Davis Service Group Plc was renamed Berendsen plc .
In September 2017, Berendsen was taken over by the French Elis group. The Berendsen brand continues to exist as part of the Elis Group.
Germany
The Berendsen Group employed around 3,000 people in Germany . The company was divided into the business areas “Health Care” with the headquarters of Berendsen GmbH in Glückstadt in the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein and “Industry” with the headquarters of Berendsen Textilservice GmbH in Hamburg . Berendsen was one of the leading textile service providers in Germany in the hospital sector.
Other countries
Berendsen Textil Service A / S was the market leader in Denmark.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregor Moser (mos): The company . In: Südkurier of March 23, 2010
- ^ Notice of Annual General Meeting. (PDF, 655 kB) Berendsen plc, p. 8 , accessed on June 1, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Annual report Berendsen plc 2014 ( http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/84e5a23c#/84e5a23c/4 )
- ↑ Granada Group completes sale of Spring Grove Services to Davis ( Memento of September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). In: The Independent of October 25, 1996; Retrieved March 18, 2011
- ^ French-owned laundry. moz.de, December 12, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2019 .