Hengstenberg (food manufacturer)
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1876 |
| Seat | Esslingen am Neckar , Germany |
| management | Executive Director:
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| Number of employees | 605 |
| sales | EUR 136.7 million |
| Branch | Food industry |
| Website | www.hengstenberg.de |
| As of April 30, 2018 | |
The Hengstenberg GmbH & Co. KG is a 1876 founded family of the food industry with headquarters in Esslingen .
history
Richard Alfried Hengstenberg (* 1848 † 1904) took a share in a vinegar factory in Esslingen, Württemberg, with 18,000 marks, the entire dowry of his wife. The first products of the Kallhardt & Hengstenberg company are cucumbers, vinegar and mustard. Two years later, the partner left and Richard Alfried Hengstenberg continued the company on his own. Due to the company's growth, in 1895 the company moved from its previous location in Esslingen's old town to a larger site in Mettinger Straße on the outskirts. The company launched the world's first pasteurized sauerkraut in 1932. The company has been bottling vinegar in consumer-friendly bottle sizes since 1950, and at the same time the Altmeister brand was created for these vinegars. The brand name Mildessa was invented for the sauerkraut produced in 1953, followed by the brand name Rotessa for red cabbage products in 1964. The company has been selling Mediterranean tomato products under the Oro di Parma brand since 1967. In 2009 the head office was finally relocated to Esslingen-Zell . After Esslingen-Zell was the location of the company headquarters for 7 years, the company moved back to its former location in Mettinger Straße on the Hengstenberg area in Esslingen in 2016.
Products
The company develops and produces sour, wine vinegar and delicatessen items at locations in Bad Friedrichshall and Fritzlar . The head office is in Esslingen and until 2010 was a small part of the vinegar production.
The range includes around 140 different items such as sauerkraut , pickles and mustard . Hengstenberg delivers its products to around 40 countries. Country-specific ranges are offered for different markets. In the US, but also in the Far East, especially in Japan, z. B. the "Bavarian Style Sauerkraut" marketed.
Well-known brand names of the company are Knax, Mildessa and Oro di Parma. In Germany, Hengstenberg is the market leader in sauerkraut.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Legal notice of the website , accessed on October 31, 2019
- ↑ a b Electronic Federal Gazette, July 12, 2018, consolidated financial statements for the financial year from May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018.