Berendsohn

Berendsohn AG is a company in the promotional products market with headquarters in Hamburg and markets in fourteen European countries. The annual turnover is about 80 million euros according to the company. Overall, there are contacts with more than 100,000 business customers. Berendsohn AG sells its products through direct sales with its own outdoor service to other companies. The majority of its customers are in business to small and medium-sized companies. Berend son has approximately 850 employees. The imprint, packaging and shipping take place in three company-owned facilities in Hamburg, Brüsewitz and Milan. Promotional and gift products under the terms of deductibility limits for tax subventioniert.Tochterunternehmen the INTERWEGA are international society for accounts receivable management mbH, Hamburg and the INTERWEGA Incassoservice International BV, Rotterdam.

History

The company was founded in 1833 as a publishing BS Berend son of Bernard Salomon Berend son. In the second half of the 19th century were mainly high-quality engravings of cityscapes, called Hamburgensien sold to the customers. The company, imprisoned from 1944 to 1945 in the Buchenwald concentration camp, new; After the 2nd World War in 1948 founded the Holocaust survivors Günther Berend son († September 20, 1992 born January 11, 1916 in Hamburg). The division was now on the sale of advertising materials. The entrepreneur built Berend son within ten years of one-man operation to a 50 -strong operation with annual sales of 5 million DM. As part of the company's expansion in 1964 new sales markets in France, Italy, Norway, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland have been created. In the years up to 2008 have been added yet Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and Spain. 2007 Advanced Berendsohn its business for the sale of employee clothing.

Design Awards

The designers freely make and the Berendsohn AG have received several international awards for its products since 1999. In 1999, the corkscrew PULSE the iF Design Award. The following year, the key fob BLUE POINT was awarded the red dot design award. 2002 Salt and Pepper Shakers SALT & PEPPER - combination, a propeller- like structure with magnetic holder for joining two spice containers, as well as the champagne bottle stopper FOCUS were awarded the iF Design Award. The latter received in the same year also the red dot design award. Also the red dot design award won the 2004 ICE AZURE glass vase. Design Award winners of recent times are the candlestick LIGHT RANGE, a horizontally disposed in the metal block candle (2005), the massager DR FEEL GOOD, handle made of plastic with massage nipples (2006), the wine carafe VINO with asymmetrically arranged spout, the salt and pepper shakers combination WINNER, two oversized " ludo figures" ( 2007), which all received the iF Design Award, as well as the / clock combination SOWAS (2010), which recently won the RedDot thermometer.