The origins of Brigl & Bergmeister
Overview of the company’s history
Brigl & Bergmeister GmbH
- 1890: year of foundation
Leonhard Brigl and Julius Bergmeister started to produce paper and pulp
- 1912 registration of B&B at the Stock Exchange
- 1984 acquisition by the W. Hamburger group
strategic decision to focus on label papers
- 1990 participation in Papirnica Vevče, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- 2003 focus on wet-strength label papers
- Products: onside coated papers, wet-strength and non-wet-strength
- Capacity: 68,000 tons/year
- Export countries: worldwide
Papirnica Vevče
- 1842: year of foundation:
- 1990 joint venture was established
- 2003 focus on non-wet-strength label papers and flexible packaging papers
- 2004 Papirnica Vevče became a 100% subsidiary of B&B
- Products: label papers, flexible packaging papers and graphic papers
- Capacity: 100,000 tons/year
- Export countries: worldwide