The origins of Brigl & Bergmeister
Overview of the company’s history
Brigl & Bergmeister GmbH
- 1890 year of foundation
Leonhard Brigl and Julius Bergmeister started
with the production of 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
- 2011 acquisition by the Roxcel Group
Papirnica Vevče
- 1842 year of foundation
- 1870 Papirnica Vevče was sold to Leykam AG
- 1990 Privatisation and establishing of the
joint venture with B&B
- 2003 focus on non-wet-strength label papers
and flexible packaging papers
- 2004 Papirnica Vevče became a 100% subsidiary of B&B