Brigl & Bergmeister

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

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