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Berg+Schmidt Performance Chemicals – to the Very Molecule

With decades of experience and a clear vision of the future, we are a high-performance full-service provider for basic and speciality chemicals – and a reliable partner for our customers. Thanks to our global sales network, our tank and cargo storage sites with associated analytical facilities and our long-standing partnerships with renowned manufacturers, we have an excellent market position.

Our expertise in the field of sustainable raw materials is the foundation for optimal, customised solutions. In all of this, we remain adaptive and proactive. This flexibility enables us to provide fatty acid esters, fatty alcohols, fatty acids and many other basic and speciality chemicals which pave the way for new opportunities.

The unison of advanced technology and respect for our environment and nature determines our work. This allows us to develop chemical products that are both high-performance and eco-friendly.

Berg+Schmidt is part of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe, an internationally operating family business. Our corporate policy focuses on continuity and sustainability to ensure an environmentally sound future for generations to come.

Our development history

1955

Arnold Berg and Hermann Schmidt founded Berg+Schmidt in Lübeck.
Focus:
Trading oils, fats, and fat-processing residues.

1960

Investment in a processing plant for fat residues in the Port of Hamburg — pioneering work in sludge recycling (fat-water mixtures).

1977

Development of technical products, such as PLUSSTABIL, a lecithin wetting agent for the paint industry.

1981

Volkmar Wywiol joins as a partner. Relocation to Hamburg with a new focus on fats for the feed industry.

1982–1983

The BERGAZID brand is introduced, and the private label strategy is launched.

1985

The first tank farm is opened in Hamburg, and own fat blends for animal feed are developed.

1987

Introduction of BERGAFAT, the first fat powder for cattle feed.

1988–1989

Construction of a production facility in Ouderkerk, NL; expansion of tank capacities; and establishment of a new laboratory.

1990–1993

First imports of fatty acids from Southeast Asia and expansion of the product portfolio.

1995

Berg+Schmidt Asia is founded in Singapore.

1998

Berg+Schmidt Malaysia was founded.

2001–2003

Berg+Schmidt India was founded.

2004–2005

Construction of a lecithin deoiling plant in India and expansion of infrastructure in the Netherlands.

2012

Berg+Schmidt USA was founded.

2013

Berg + Schmidt Thailand was founded.

2019

Berg+Schmidt Dubai was founded.

2024

Renaming and rebranding of Berg+Schmidt Care Ingredients and Performance Chemicals.

2025

Separation of Berg+Schmidt Animal Nutrition and Berg+Schmidt Solutions.

Hamburg, Alster, Torsten Wywiol und Tim Monteiro Sprenger
Care Ingredients: Ihr professioneller Partner für Kosmetikrohstoffe. Performance Chemicals: Ihr leistungsstarker Partner im Bereich der Basis- und Spezialchemie.

Berg+Schmidt Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
An der Alster 82
20099 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 40 284 039 11
Fax: +49 40 284 0958 44
performancechemicals@berg-schmidt.com

Stern-Wywiol Gruppe
An der Alster 82
20099 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 40 284 039 0
info@stern-wywiol-gruppe.de

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