History – Tradition for Generations
Berger-Seidle looks back on a long tradition and almost a century of experience, innovation and technical progress. As a key component of the Berger Group, Berger-Seidle today consists of three successful corporate lines.
The basis and the first beginnings go back to Philipp Berger, who in 1926 founded a paint trade company with later production in the German chemical town of Ludwigshafen am Rhein and worked until the early 1960s. Since the beginning of the 1950s, the specialization in high-quality industrial coatings and since 1960 also on parquet finishes was established. The relocation of the company from Ludwigshafen to Grünstadt enlarged in 1980 capacities – with reserves for the further successful expansion of the company. 24,000 m² of terrain and large buildings enabled the systematic modernization and expansion of the production facilities in the following decades.
With the takeover of the wood floor finishing specialist Georg Seidle GmbH, Freiberg, founded in 1945, and the merger of the product ranges in 1988, the development into one of the leading manufacturers of parquet flooring finishes in Europe and worldwide was initiated. Ambitious development activities and worldwide marketing led to a great variety of environmentally friendly finishes and oil systems and smart problem-solving products. As a logical step in global development, the subsidiary “Berger-Seidle America L.P.” was founded in 1997 in Duluth, Georgia, USA.
The idea of supplying all chemical-technical products for parquet from a single source was realized in 2009 by adding parquet adhesives to the product portfolio. With the acquisition of the traditional adhesive manufacturer Ramge-Chemie GmbH, Dudenhofen, founded 1928, and its complete integration with Berger-Seidle in Grünstadt in 2013, Berger-Seidle rounds off its comprehensive product range.
The seminar and technical center, which was built in 2012, offers large, ideal space for the implementation of technically demanding seminars and perfects the overall range of today’s Berger Group and especially the Berger-Seidle GmbH in Grünstadt.
Parallel to the “Berger-Seidle” division, the Berger Group furthermore includes its sister companies “Berger-Lacke” and “Berger-Zobel”. The business unit “Berger-Lacke” is home of the highly specialized industrial coatings (www.berger-lacke.de). Under the [Z] Zobel brand, Berger-Zobel is a premium supplier of state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly window, facade and door coatings (www.zobel-coatings.de). These sister companies and brands also represent a leading position in their segments and are very successful all over the world. In many countries they are today – like Berger-Seidle – successful market leaders.
2024
With Thomas M. Adam, the 3nd generation is leaving the company
2023
Major investments in a strongly extended electricity infrastructure for on-site emergency power units, on-site e-mobility and on-site solar technology
2021
Major investments in strongly extended production capacity plants
2019
Major investments in two new halls for production, warehouse and shipping as well as in the TechnologyCenter IndustrialCoatings
2018
Integration of the Worms site in Grünstadt
2017
Berger takes over 100 % of Zobel-Chemie GmbH
2013
Creation of a holding structure within the Berger Group
2012
Integration of the Dudenhofen site in Grünstadt
2012
Major investment in new seminar and application technology center in Grünstadt
2010
Berger takes over 100% of Ramge-Chemie GmbH
2007
Major investments in three new halls in the area of raw materials, production and shipping at the Grünstadt site
2004
Integration of the Freiberg site in Grünstadt
2001
Markus M. Adam joins the company as 4th generation
1997
Foundation of the distribution subsidiary Berger-Seidle USA
1994
Major investments in new buildings for administration, distribution and social areas in Grünstadt
1991
Consolidation of the parquet coatings segment in Berger-Seidle
1988
Berger takes over 100% of Georg Seidle GmbH
1983
With Franz Adam, the 2nd generation is retiring
1980
Relocation of Berger from Ludwigshafen to the much larger and present location in Grünstadt / Weinstraße
1974
Thomas M. Adam joins the company as 3rd generation
1961
Specialization of Berger on parquet coatings segment
1954
Specialization of Berger on industrial coatings segment
1952
Franz Adam joins the company as 2nd generation
1950
Relocation of the company Berger within Ludwigshafen to a larger location Bleichstraße
1946
Founding of the company Zobel as a dealer and producer for wood protection coatings by Harry Zobel in Worms
1946
Foundation of Seidle as a producer of parquet and wood coatings by Georg Seidle in Freiberg
1928
Founding of Ramge Chemie as a producer of adhesives by Peter Ramge in Dudenhofen
1926
Foundation of the company Berger as dealer and producer for paints and paints by Philipp Berger in Ludwigshafen