Eisbär Eis GmbH

About Eisbär Eis

Eisbär Eis GmbH, headquartered in Apensen, is a German ice cream manufacturer. The company was founded in 1955 by Wilhelm Klehn and Helmut Klehn sen. as Eisbär Eis Gebr. Klehn oHG in Buxtehude-Neukloster and today produces exclusively private labels using the respective customers' brands. The product range includes ice cream bars, desserts such as mini ice cakes and ice cream pralines, sandwich ice cream, tubs and trays with ice cream contents from 500 to 1000 ml, cups, rolls and cakes, cones, and ice cream sticks. Customers include food retailers, discounters, bulk retailers and frozen food home delivery services. The Eisbär Group employs around 500 staff in two legally independent companies: Eisbär Eis GmbH in Apensen (Lower Saxony) and Eisbär Eis Produktions GmbH in Plummendorf/Daskow near Ribnitz-Damgarten (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), which share a website and part of the management.

Site

Apensen

Processes

Production of ice cream (private labels/store brands for customers), Various product formats: ice cream bars, desserts, sandwich ice cream, tubs/trays, cups, rolls,

Founded

1955

Employees

ca. 500 (Eisbär-Grup

Industries

Food retail, Discounters, Bulk retailers, Frozen food home delivery services

1. 01

   Recipe and product development

2. 02

   Ice cream production

3. 03

   Filling into product formats

4. 04

   Frozen storage

5. 05

   Delivery to private label customers

Locations

Apensen

DE

Headquarters, production and sales

Materials

Ice cream bars, desserts, sandwich ice cream, tubs/trays, cups, rolls, cakes, cones, sticks

• Cold store 1 (6,500 pallet spaces, 2009)
• Cold store 2 (6,500 pallet spaces, 2011)
• Production hall (2016)
• Warehouse for raw, auxiliary and operating materials with 4,500 pallet spaces (2022)

Plummendorf/Daskow

DE

Production (Eisbär Eis Produktions GmbH)

Materials

Ice cream bars, desserts, sandwich ice cream, tubs/trays, cups, rolls, cakes, cones, sticks

• Production facility (1994)
• Cold store with capacity of approx. 12,000 pallets (2019)

Products

Inside the production

History

1. 1955

   Founded as Eisbär Eis Gebr. Klehn oHG by Wilhelm Klehn and Helmut Klehn sen. in Buxtehude-Neukloster

2. 1983

   Construction of the Apensen plant

3. 1987

   Wilhelm Klehn transfers his company shares to his son Helmut (jun.), who joins the management

4. 1990

   Helmut Klehn sen. transfers shares to his daughter Britta Klehn-Ruehs; Martin Ruehs joins the management

5. 1992

   Foundation of Eisbär Eis GmbH Ribnitz-Damgarten

6. 1993

   Foundation of Eisbär Eis-Produktion GmbH in Ribnitz-Damgarten

7. 1994

   Commissioning of the new production facility in Plummendorf

8. 2009

   Commissioning of the Apensen cold store (6,500 pallet spaces)

9. 2011

   Second cold store in Apensen (6,500 pallet spaces)

10. 2015

    Helmut Klehn jun. transfers his company shares to his daughter Isabel Schuldt

11. 2016

    Isabel Schuldt joins the Apensen management; new production hall in Apensen; Manuela Fürtig acquires shares from Horst-Dieter Schröder and joins the management of the Produktions GmbH

12. 2019

    New cold store in the Ribnitz-Damgarten district with capacity of approx. 12,000 pallets

13. 2022

    New warehouse for raw, auxiliary and operating materials with 4,500 pallet spaces