Berning (company)
| Berning Smart Fasteners | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1959 |
| Seat | Wuppertal , Germany |
| management | Christoph Berning |
| Number of employees | 100 |
| sales | 12 million euros |
| Branch | Textile industry , automotive supplier |
| Website | www.berning-net.de |
Berning Smart Fasters is a company based in the Bergisch city of Wuppertal . It specializes in the manufacture of buttons and rivets for trousers and is considered the European market leader in this field. The automotive industry is also served with other articles. Around 100 people are employed in Wuppertal and the annual turnover is just under twelve million euros. The owner and managing director is currently Christoph Berning, one of the descendants of the company's founder Ernst Berning.
history
The parent company Hansawerke Ernst Berning GmbH & Co. was founded in 1888. Today's company, Berning Smart Fasteners, Berning + Soehne GmbH & Co. KG , was spun off in 1959 and continued to operate independently. Well-known fashion brands such as Brax , Pierre Cardin , Mustang , Tommy Hilfiger , Gant , G-Star and Esprit are now among its customers . Berning is often seen as a pioneer, especially when it comes to denim products. Almost 40 million parts are made from over 150 different articles every year. A normal rivet consists of up to three parts, a head of up to five parts.
Company profile
Berning sees itself as a company with a closed production and logistics cycle. From ideas for the collection to production planning and customer communication to delivery, all steps take place in the Wuppertal plant. The application of the patina , a thin surface layer, called the finish , is particularly complex . A brass part is copper-plated , painted white several times and unrolled and finally patinated, dried, painted, rolled out and bagged in a special bath. Berning also supplies its customers with its own machines for fastening these buttons.
Other activities of the company are the production of logos for leather goods or knives as well as the patented clips for Burlington socks. In addition to the production of articles for the fashion industry, the automotive industry is also supplied. Speed locks and speed caps are supplied, for example, to help attach exterior mirrors, seat belts or airbags. With a wastewater coefficient of 1.0, the company is also a leader in environmental technology.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bergische Marktführer (32): The noble button makes the difference from October 5, 2012, accessed on January 29, 2013
- ↑ a b c Berning story on bungartz.nl, accessed on January 29, 2013
Web links
- Company homepage
- Newspaper article about Berning in the series Bergische Marktführer of the Westdeutsche Zeitung
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 14.2 " N , 7 ° 13 ′ 37.2" E