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| ZERTUS GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1826 |
| Seat | Hamburg , district of Hamburg-Mitte |
| management | Executive Director:
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| Branch | food industry |
| Website | www.zertus.de |
The Zertus GmbH , based in Hamburg, was named Zuckerraffinerie Tangermünde Fr. Meyers Sohn GmbH until 2002 , is a German company for food and beverages .
history
The origins of Zertus can be found in the Tangermünde sugar refinery founded in 1826 by Friedrich Theodor Meyer (1796–1884) in Tangermünde. Over the years, the Tangermünde sugar refinery, Fr. Meyer's son, developed from this. The Tangermünde sugar refinery was the largest in Europe until the end of the Second World War . In 1946 the company was expropriated and dismantled by the Soviet occupying forces . The reconstruction took place outside the sugar market. Until it was sold in 2000, the Tangermünde sugar refinery was primarily associated with the Feodora and Hachez chocolate brands , which ZRT had been producing since 1910 and 1953, respectively.
The subsequent focus was on the production and marketing of food and beverages. Today, Zertus is a diversified group of specialists and niche providers in the food and luxury goods sector.
In January 2012, the company headquarters moved from Harvestehuder Weg to the Astraturm (13th floor) built in 2007 on the site of the former Bavaria brewery in St. Pauli.
The managing directors of the Zertus Holding are Alessandra Cama (chairman) and Christian Diekmann; Markus Conrad has been the chairman of the supervisory board since 2017.
Shareholdings and Subsidiaries
- Importhaus Wilms / Impuls GmbH & Co KG , Walluf : marketer and distributor of premium food and impulse products (including Santa Maria, d'arbo , Maille, Mazzetti, Kettle, Chivers, Kaba ).
- Kalfany Süße Werbung GmbH & Co. KG , Müllheim (Baden) : Europe's largest canned candy manufacturer (since 2002, including the Pulmoll brand ) and leading manufacturer of confectionery advertising materials .
- Dextro Energy GmbH & Co KG, Krefeld : Clear market leader for dextrose in Germany and other European markets ( taken over in March 2005 by Zertus from the Dutch group Unilever ).
- Lir Chocolates , chocolate maker in Ireland
- Kinnerton Confectionery , British chocolate maker
- Humdinger , British manufacturer of dried fruits and snacks
- Bio-Zentrale, Wittibreut-Ulbering: Sales, marketing and production of products from controlled organic agriculture
- Participation in the olive oil company GAEA Products SA in Greece
Web links
- Website of the Zertus GmbH
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the Zertus in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
- Advertising stamp from the Veikkos archive, accessed on May 13, 2020
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Theodor Meyer ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) sachsen-anhalt-wiki.de
- ↑ Zertus (1826-2016). History office Reder, Roeseling & Prüfer, January 29, 2015, accessed on June 20, 2016 .
- ↑ The chocolate coup. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved June 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Certus Group - corporate management. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .