Gehring-Bunte
| Gehring-Bunte | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1895 |
| Seat |
Bielefeld Germany
|
| management | Guido Grebe (sole managing director) |
| Number of employees | 170 (2020) |
| Branch | Beverage industry |
| Website | www.christinen.de |
The Gehring-Bunte Beverages Industry GmbH & Co. KG is a German beverage producer and one of the best known companies in the mineral water market in Germany. Today, the company is best known for its Christinen brand , which produces organic premium mineral water as well as soft drinks, fruit juice and tea drinks and was registered in the trademark register as early as 1966. The company is based in the East Westphalian city of Bielefeld .
Company history
Founded in Gütersloh by Franz Bunte in 1895, the company initially concentrated on the sale of beer, lemonades and mineral water. When responsibility was handed over to Paul Gehring, Franz Bunte's son-in-law, the company was renamed "Gehring-Bunte".
From 1934 to 2007 the family business took over the production of Coca-Cola for its own sales area.
In 1955, the third generation of management finally passed to Dr. jur. Paul Gehring and master brewer Werner Gehring, the sons of Paul Gehring Senior.
Premium mineral water, soft drinks, fruit juice and tea drinks have been sold under the Christinen brand since 1966. The company fills beverages in almost all commercially available container types and sizes.
Under the managing director Guido Grebe, the company has been investing increasingly in technology, construction and digitization since 2018. One example is the investment in a fully automated high-bay warehouse with 8,700 pallet spaces. This expanded the company's storage capacity to a total of 30,000 pallet spaces. A building complex with social rooms, a canteen, new laboratories and offices was also modernized.
Brands and product portfolio
With Christinen , the company has a well-known brand for mineral water, soft fruit juice, tea and sports drinks, which are bottled for both the national and international markets.
The Christinen mineral water, which is used as a natural basic ingredient for all Christinen products, is certified by the SGS Fresenius Institute as premium mineral water in organic quality and for social and ecological sustainability. It is protected by many layers of rock and extracted from a source in the Teutoburg Forest with a depth of over 400 meters.
The Christinen range is continuously adapted to current trends and the requirements of the market. This is currently evident, for example, in environmentally friendly reusable packaging, especially the high proportion of glass bottles.
The products of the Christinen brand are available in different packaging shapes and sizes, for example an individual bottle specially developed for the catering industry, PET non-returnable or returnable bottles and Tetra Paks. The brand became known with the characteristic blue glass bottle.
Certifications and Awards
In order to ensure the continuous quality of products and processes, the company is regularly certified. These certifications not only include process, product and occupational safety, but also the requirement that ecological and social sustainability be taken into account.
The company's certifications include a. in detail:
International Featured Standard (IFS)
The IFS Food Standard is a GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) recognized standard for auditing food manufacturers. The focus here is on food safety as well as the quality of the manufacturing processes and products. The certification is awarded to companies that demonstrably work on constant product and process optimization.
DIN EN ISO 14001
ISO 14001 is the globally accepted and applied standard for environmental management systems. This certification proves that Gehring Bunte GmbH & Co. KG takes environmental aspects into account and works ecologically in all corporate policy decisions and processes.
BIO certification according to Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007
This ordinance defines how food that is labeled as organic must be produced and manufactured.
Institut Fresenius: Premium mineral water in organic quality
Since 2019 Christinen has carried the seal of quality for "premium mineral water with organic quality" from SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS, which also distinguishes sustainable social and ecological thinking and action. In order to receive the seal, over 90 criteria are checked, which include, for example, the protection of the source, sustainable production and logistics as well as ecological and social commitment. The related activities are documented in a multi-page sustainability report and can also be read on the website www.christinen.de.
BCS ÖKO certificate
The BCS logo stands for the ecological quality of the certified products and informs consumers about the ecological sustainability of the respective product. The BCS Öko-Garantie test service providers want to promote organic farming and protect serious producers and companies with regular controls. In order to ensure its own independence, BCS avoids close relationships with companies and memberships in certain clubs or associations.
DIN EN ISO 50001
With the introduction of DIN 50001, Gehring-Bunte introduced a systematic energy management system. This analyzes the energy efficiency in order to develop measures for the use of previously untapped energy efficiency potentials. In this way, the amount of energy and energy costs are to be saved and the emission of greenhouse gases reduced.
Social Commitment
Gehring-Bunte maintains various educational partnerships with schools in the region and the Paderborn Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum and promotes youth research. The company maintains an ecological teaching garden for the primary school in Quelle and is the godfather of the school farm in Bielefeld-Ummeln in East Westphalia. In addition, Gehring-Bunte regularly supports regional, cultural and social events as well as sports and other clubs in the region.