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Brenntag unveils historical company study on the occasion of 150th anniversary
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Tuesday, 15 October, 2024, 16 : 00 PM [IST]
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Germany
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Brenntag, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, announces the publication of ‘150 Years of Brenntag – From Berlin out into the World’, to mark the company's special anniversary. The book offers a thoroughly researched overview of the history of the company, which was founded in 1874 by Jewish entrepreneur Philipp Mühsam as an egg wholesaler in Berlin, as well as the history of chemical distribution, which has rarely been illuminated in economic history literature to date.
The historians D. Stephanie Tilly and Professor Christopher Kopper have compiled a detailed history of the company. Based on a wide range of sources, which were identified and evaluated in a research project lasting around two years, the authors trace the impressive 150-year history of Brenntag to today's DAX40 company, which was characterized by constant development in changing political and economic circumstances.
Dr Christian Kohlpaintner, CEO of Brenntag SE, said, “Looking back on our own company history offers the opportunity to reflect on the people and challenges that have shaped our company over the years. It was a matter close to my heart to have this history comprehensively reappraised for our anniversary, even the aspects where shadows weigh on it. A better understanding of the successes, setbacks and experiences of the past will help us to be successful in the future and to act responsibly. Brenntag has constantly changed and developed, and we continue to do so today in order to actively shape our markets as a global market leader.”
The period before and after the Second World War, the affiliation with the Stinnes Group, the rise of global chemical production and trade, and the internationalisation of the business were particularly formative for Brenntag’s development.
Professor Christopher Kopper, author and expert in economic and corporate history, said, “Brenntag’s unusual history goes back to the 19th century. A company that traded in grain, eggs and butter developed into the chemicals trading company Philipp Mühsam AG. It was not until the ‘Aryanization’ by the industrialist Stinnes family in 1937 that the name was changed to ‘Brennstoff-, Chemikalien- und Transport AG’, or Brenntag for short.”
Dr Stephanie Tilly, economic and corporate historian, said, “Brenntag's business scope grew in line with the chemicalisation of the world. After the Second World War, the company became increasingly international, but was also active in trade between Western and Eastern Germany. Drawing on a wide range of sources, we show how the domestic market-oriented family business advanced to become a listed global player over the course of its 150-year existence.”
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