Manufacturer of meat and sausage products in Göttingen, Germany's largest organic salami producer
Börner-Eisenacher GmbH
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About Börner-Eisenacher
Börner-Eisenacher GmbH is a medium-sized manufacturer of meat and sausage products based in Göttingen in southern Lower Saxony. Its best-known product is the Göttinger Stracke, an air-dried mettwurst, of which the company is the largest producer; since 2011 the product name has been protected throughout Europe. Börner-Eisenacher produces, among other things, organic salami and meat products for discount retailer private labels such as GutBio and bio-Smiley and is considered the first manufacturer to produce organic salami for the hard discount segment. In 2008, revenue was €36 million with 110 employees, of which around 20 percent came from organic products; in 2018, the organic share exceeded 50 percent. In 2009, the company was recognized as one of the 100 most innovative SMEs in Germany. The production facility has been located in the Göttingen industrial area since 1964; the legal form is a GmbH (HRB 854, Göttingen Local Court).
- Site
- Göttingen
- Processes
- Manufacture of meat and sausage products (including Göttinger Stracke, organic salami), Private label production for discount retailers
- Materials
- Meat and sausage products, Organic products
- Certificates
- DLG awards
- Founded
- 1884
- Employees
- 110 (as of 2008)
- Industries
- Food industry/meat products, Discount retail, Organic food
- 01
Meat processing
- 02
Sausage production
- 03
Ripening/refining
- 04
Packaging
- 05
Distribution via discounters and retail
Products and Processes
Meat and sausage products
Production of mettwurst and cured sausages, salami, pâtés and teewurst, mainly as private labels for discount retailers.
Organic products
Organic salami and organic meat products, whose share of revenue exceeded 50 percent in 2018.
Site
Göttingen
DEProduction and administration
- Materials
- Meat and sausage products, organic products
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality
The company has received numerous DLG awards for sausage specialties and has been honored as a "Culinary Ambassador of Lower Saxony". The in-house quality assurance can be reached by e-mail (qmb@boerner-eisenacher.de).
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| DLG awards |
History
- 1884
Christian Börner founds a butcher's shop in Göttingen
- 1890
Expanded premises in the city center (today's Börnerviertel district)
- 1898
August Eisenacher founds the Fleischerei Eisenacher butcher's shop in Göttingen
- 1912
Son-in-law Edmund Heidtmann takes over the management
- 1935
August Eisenacher hands the business over to Walter Eisenacher
- 1945
Walter Eisenacher jun. takes over the business
- 1964
New production facility in the Göttingen industrial area
- 1978
Eisenacher acquires the Börner company; merger to form Börner-Eisenacher GmbH
- 1991
Frank-Walter Eisenacher takes over the management; revenue around DM 25 million
- 2008
Revenue of €36 million with 110 employees, approx. 20% organic revenue
- 2009
Award as one of the 100 most innovative SMEs in Germany (Top 100)
- 2011
Product name Göttinger Stracke protected throughout Europe
- 2013
Benjamin Krieft joins the company
- 2018
Benjamin Krieft becomes Co-Managing Director; organic products account for over 50% of revenue
- 2023
Management buy-out: Benjamin Krieft takes over the company from Frank-Walter Eisenacher as of 1.1.2023