Felix Austria (company)

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Felix Austria

logo
legal form GmbH
founding 1958
Seat Mattersburg
management Peter Buchauer
Number of employees 215
sales 51.5 million euros (2015)
Branch food industry
Website www.felix.at

Felix Austria ( own spelling FELIX Austria ) is a well-known Austrian food producer.

history

In 1868 the company "Löw & Felix" was founded in Znojmo , a center of cucumber production .

Herbert Felix , a descendant of the founding family, was born in 1908 and grew up in the city of Znojmo. He worked in his father's canning factory, which exported cucumbers to various countries, including Sweden . In 1939 Herbert Felix fled to Sweden with his wife Kerstin and founded the company " AB Felix " there. In 1958 Felix returned to Austria at the request of his cousin Bruno Kreisky - former Austrian Foreign Minister and Federal Chancellor - and founded a sister company in Mattersburg , Burgenland.

The factory was built in 1960 according to the plans of the architect TG Nydrén from Malmö . The export amounted to about 37 million schillings in 1970, 35 of them to Sweden. Around 1970 the company began to produce large packs of canned and frozen goods especially for hotels.

Herbert Felix died in 1973 at the age of 64.

In 1995 FELIX Austria became part of Orkla ASA , a Scandinavian group of companies that in 2015 had around 15,000 employees and achieved sales of around 3.6 billion euros and is active in over 40 countries worldwide.

In 2015 the Steyr company Bioquelle was taken over. This expanded the product range to include muesli.

Market & Products

The product range includes ketchup , sugo (Italian for sauce ), sauces & relishes , ready meals , muesli & muesli bars , cucumbers , vegetables and salads .

In Austria, the products are supplied to both retailers and wholesalers. We export to over 20 countries in Europe . FELIX ketchup is the most popular ketchup in Austria with a 61% market share . In Slovenia , FELIX ketchup is also the market leader with a market share of around 35%. At Sugo, the market share in Austria is almost 35%. The goulash soup is the most popular among Austria's restaurateurs with a 65% market share .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Muesli with ketchup: Felix Austria takes over Bioquelle ( Memento from July 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) in the Wirtschaftsblatt from June 6, 2016, accessed on June 7, 2016.
  2. ^ History of Felix Austria GmbH , 1959.
  3. ^ Margit Pflagner , J. Marco (photos): Burgenland. 80 color pictures with explanations in German and English. Foreword by the Governor of Burgenland Theodor Kery , English translation: Ursula Halama, Frick Verlag, Vienna 1970, photo 47, description of the picture: FELIX AUSTRIA canning industry, factory halls in the background, in front of the parking lot for the workers' cars.
  4. ↑ OÖ Nachrichten: After taking over Bioquelle, Felix has an appetite for more ; accessed on January 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b AC Nielsen, roll 52/11, value
  6. ↑ Source: AC Nielsen 2008, value
  7. ↑ Source: Gastropanel 26/2010, value

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 56 "  N , 16 ° 24 ′ 36"  E