Finkensteiner pasta
| Finkensteiner pasta | |
|---|---|
| legal form | one-man business |
| founding | 1882 |
| Seat | Finkenstein am Faaker See |
| management | Katharina Gregori-Salbrechter, Peter Salbrechter |
| Number of employees | 8th |
| Branch | Pasta producer and food retailer |
| Website | www.finkensteiner.at |
Finkensteiner Pasta , based in Finkenstein am Faaker See, is Austria's oldest noodle factory . The family business is run in the fifth generation by Katharina Gregori-Salbrechter and her husband Peter Salbrechter. The company has eight employees who produce 450 tons of pasta per year for retail and wholesale.
history
In 1838 Giuseppe Gregori was born on Lake Garda as the sixteenth child of a fishing family. At the age of 20 he opened a trading company for cheese and wine and in 1882 the first pasta factory on Austrian soil, in Bozen . Since this location offered too little space, a new one was sought from 1895.
In 1905 he found it in Müllern near Finkenstein, where an old hammer mill was bought because of the associated water power plant. The building has been renovated and rebuilt. Finkensteiner pasta has been produced here since 1907. At that time the products were known as G. Gregori's egg pasta, in 1914 the company received the “Diploma of the Golden Medal” from Archduke Franz Joseph .
In 1926 the Finkensteiner noodle factory received a special letter about the nockerl semolina , which was then known as children's semolina :
“I received repeated samples of the Finkensteiner Kindergrieß for medical examination from the company G. Gregori, Finkensteiner Nahrungsmittelfabrik in Müllnern (Carinthia). In various cases I have had the opportunity to use Finkensteiner Kindergrieß with extremely good success, especially with nutritional disorders, with weak children, and also with feeding feverish children. I also made the experience that it was tolerated extremely well by adults who often had difficulties adhering to the diet as a result of stomach disorders. "( Hermann Körner )
A new brand name was created in the 1930s. The name Finkensteiner GOLDFINK came about because of the color of the egg pasta, the medal awarded and the Finkenstein production site. Since then, this has stood for the product range of 4-egg noodles.
In 1940 packaging with a modular function was brought onto the market. Children could build cities and castles out of the cardboard packaging. In 1944, 67 employees produced 400 tons of pasta per month.
In 1995 Sigrid Gregori took over the business. Her sister Ulrike Fleissner opened the market cafe on the lower floor of the noodle factory in 2006. In the market cafe, pasta dishes are served, and an attached shop sells the products of the pasta factory.
In 2012, for the 130th anniversary of the Finkensteiner noodle factory, Sigrid Gregori prepared the handover of the business to her daughter Katharina Gregori-Salbrechter and her husband Peter Salbrechter. This process was completed at the beginning of 2013 and Katharina Gregori-Salbrechter is now the fifth generation to run the Finkensteiner noodle factory. This year, investments were made in the production facilities and production was brought up to the state of the art. Furthermore, the Finkensteiner noodle factory was awarded the Carinthian state coat of arms by Governor Peter Kaiser .
In 2014, the product range with 90 types of pasta was divided into four different product groups: Finkensteiner Pur, Finkensteiner Goldfink, Finkensteiner Natur and Finkensteiner Selektion. At the same time, a new packaging design was introduced. For this Finkensteiner received an award from the Carinthian CREOS advertising prize.
Awards and memberships
- 1887 Honorary diploma at the exhibition for trade and industry, Bolzano
- 1894 Gold medal at the international exhibition for food for the people and army food, Vienna
- 1906 honorary diploma for the golden medal, highest distinction in culinary art exhibition, Vienna
- 1914 Diploma of the gold medal by Archduke Franz Joseph
- 1925 Honorary diploma from the Federal Ministry of Trade and Transport, highest distinction, exhibition in Villach
- 2013 Carinthian coat of arms
- 2014 Award for packaging design at the Carinthian Creos advertising prize
- Member of the Carinthian Chefs Club
- Member of Carinthia really good
- All Finkensteiner organic products have been awarded the organic certificate (BIOS: AT-BIO-401)
Products
The 90 types of pasta are divided into 4 product groups: the 4-egg pasta from the GOLDFINK line, the organic pasta from the NATUR line, the special pasta from the SELEKTION line and the egg-free pasta from the PUR line.
Finkensteiner pasta is made exclusively from Austrian durum wheat semolina , eggs from Carinthian chickens, high spring water from the Karawanken and spices from a Carinthian spice factory.
Finkensteiner produces energy self-sufficient, since 1895 the electricity requirement for production has been covered by the in-house hydropower plant.
Finkensteiner also produces pasta in the form of company logos. This is how Pleamle noodles come out of the house. But art projects are also supported, the Q noodles for Werner Hofmeister's DER BIG Q were made by Finkensteiner. On behalf of the university cultural center UNIKUM Klagenfurt , Hatschek pasta was produced, letters as a soup insert, the BUHŠTABENZUPE.
Finkensteiner is also active as a supplier for large producers. Finkensteiner produces noodles for baby food or convenience products from the Gourmet Group. Finkensteiner supplies hotels, canteen kitchens as well as kindergartens and schools in Carinthia.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anita Arneitz: “The oldest noodle factory in Austria is in Carinthia” In: “Kärntner Wirtschaft”, from February 1, 2013.
- ^ History . Company website. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ Finkensteiner noodle factory . Website of the Kärntner Bildungswerk. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ State coat of arms for Finkensteiner noodle factory . In: Kärntner Wirtschaft , No. 43, October 25, 2013. Accessed on November 28, 2014.
- ↑ CREOS 2014 . Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ Pleamle Nudel ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ Bilingual soup . In: Der Standard , March 23, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
