Max Felchlin AG

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Factory building (2019)

The Max Felchlin AG is a manufacturer of Swiss chocolate , baking mixtures and Confiseriefüllungen . The seat is in the municipality of Schwyz .

Companies

Max Felchlin AG manufactures semi-finished products and supplies businesses such as confectioneries , bakeries and confectionery shops . This includes producers, restaurants and confectionery shops in Switzerland and abroad. The company is regarded as a niche producer in the field of fine chocolate and manufactures it entirely in its factory in Schwyz.

In 2016, around 140 employees worked for the company. Max Felchlin AG delivers to over 40 countries worldwide via distribution partners.

history

In 1908, the trained businessman Max Felchlin began trading honey in Schwyz . In 1913 he named his business Honigzentrale Schwyz. He thus laid the foundation stone for the company. The first manufactory was established in the 1920s and the range was expanded to include self-made chocolate. During the Second World War Felchlin produced the pudding powder Anyway, which gained national fame. Max Felchlin handed over management to his son in 1962. In the 1970s, Max Felchlin junior built a new production facility in Ibach SZ , and the sole proprietorship was converted into a stock corporation.

Felchlin Jr. arranged his succession in 1990 with the aim of maintaining the company's independence in the long term. Christian Aschwanden became the new managing director. Under his leadership, Max Felchlin AG built a new production facility in Ibach at the turn of the millennium and continues to produce everything from cocoa beans to fine chocolate in Schwyz.

Various fine chocolate manufacturers have their products produced by Felchlin. The company also supplies various pastry shops and confectionery shops in Switzerland.

Special

In 1999, the company was the first Swiss chocolate manufacturer to introduce the term “ Grand Cru ” for a selection of its couvertures (high-quality chocolate that is further processed) . This means that only fine cocoa from a defined origin is used for these couvertures. For this purpose, Felchlin's chief buyer travels regularly to the regions of origin and buys the cocoa there directly. In this way, Max Felchlin AG is taking on a pioneering role in the chocolate industry when it comes to sustainability . This peculiarity has already been documented several times in the media.

The noble chocolate Grand Cru Maracaibo Clasificado 65% was voted “world's best chocolate” in 2004 by the Accademia Maestri Pasticceri Italiani organization .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Company portrait | Felchlin Switzerland. In: www.felchlin.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Invoice from April 22, 1929 , Max Felchlin Schwyz - Honig-Import.
  3. ↑ Gastronomy in the Land of Schwyz. In: Schwyzerlüt: Zytschrift for üsi Schwyzerische dialect. Volume 19 (1957), Issue 4.
  4. ↑ Advertising poster in the ZHDK e-collection .
  5. ↑ History | Felchlin Switzerland. In: www.felchlin.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  6. ^ Reichmuth von Reding
  7. ^ Wild in Bolivia - edel am Paradeplatz , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of May 11, 2007.
  8. ↑ Cocoa Grand Cru | Swiss quality | November 2005 | NZZ Folio. In: NZZ Folio . Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Swisscontact, 8005 Zurich: Felchlin and Swisscontact promote sustainable fine cocoa from Colombia. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  10. ^ "Einstein" from December 19, 2013. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, accessed on August 3, 2016 (Swiss Standard German).
  11. ↑ SRF, 360 ° - GEO Reportage: Ecuador - Esmeraldas Fine Cocoa. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Media | Felchlin Switzerland. In: www.felchlin.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Ralph Kradolfer, audio studio kradolfer, 8914 Aeugst, Switzerland, ask! Ask.li: delikatessenschweiz - the foodaktuell delicatessen guide on the Internet. In: www.delikatessenschweiz.ch. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .