Berendsohn AG
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| Type | Aktiengesellschaft |
| Founded | 1833, 1948 |
| Headquarters |  Hamburg, Germany |
| Industry | promotional products |
| Products | promotional products |
| Revenue | approx. € 80 million annually |
| Employees | approx. 850 |
| Website | www.berendsohn.com |
Berendsohn AG is a company active on the promotional products market with its headquarters in Hamburg and markets in twelve European states. According to the company, the annual turnover amounts to approx. EUR 80 million. Berendsohn AG maintains business relationships with more than 100,000 clients. The company exclusively sells its products b2b. There are no business relationships to private end-users. The majority of clients originates from small and medium-sized enterprises. Approximately 850 employees work for Berendsohn. The products are refined in three company-owned production centres, namely Hamburg, Brüsewitz and Milan.
[edit] History
The company was founded in 1833 as the B. S. Berendsohn publishing house. Mainly high-quality copper engravings of townscapes, so-called Hamburgensien were sold in the second half of the 19th century. After World War II, Günther Berendsohn re-established the company in 1948 with the sole business purpose of selling promotional articles. Within a decade, the entrepreneur turned a 'one-man band' into a company with 50 employees and an annual turnover of DM 5 million. The company continued to expand and in 1964 opened new markets in France, Italy, Norway, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland. Additional markets opened in Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain by 2007.
[edit] Design Awards
Since 1999, Berendsohn AG has been awarded a number of international prizes for its products. The IMPULS corkscrew received the iF Design Award in 1999. The following year, the key-ring BLUE POINT received the red dot design award. The combined salt and pepper mill SALZ & PFEFFER and the champagne bottle top FOCUS won the iF Design Award in 2002. The latter also received the red dot design award of that year. In 2004, the vase ICE AZURE also received the red dot design award. Design award winners of recent years are the candelabrum LICHTSTRECKE (2005), the massage device Dr. FEEL GOOD (2006) as well as the decanter VINO and the combined salt and pepper mill SIEGER (2007). They all received the iF Design Awards.
