The Berner Group

3, 2, 1... camera rolling 🎬: in an internal video format, Peter Schmidt, CEO of Berner Omnichannel Trading Holding, provides regular updates on the latest developments in our core business, including the launch of innovative products. But how do these innovations come about and how do we know which products have real added value for our customers? To get to the bottom of this, we produced the latest episode in our in-house laboratory in Duisburg. This time with as special guest: Johannes Halama, Teamlead Engineering. In the lab, Johannes and his team develop and test new chemical products. Highlight was a live demo of our latest innovation: the X-treme Parts Cleaner Spray, with which even hard-to-reach areas of car parts can be cleaned easily. Thanks to the whole team for a great video shoot! 👏 #pushingthelimits #innovationbyBERNER

The future has just begun 🚀! Last week, our Romanian subsidiary opened its brand-new headquarters in the city of Arad, starting the next chapter in a long-lasting success story. The location offers state-of-the-art facilities, including a modern warehouse, showrooms, offices and training areas. The perfect environment to ensure that we always offer the best solutions to our customers challenges. Congratulations to Péter Pollák, Adrian Pitulan and the whole team from BERNER Romania, you can be very #proud. 👏 And thanks to all guests who attended the opening event, especially Marco Baroni as well as all colleagues from Berner Italia and the South-East Region. Let's keep #pushingthelimits together!

The journey continues 🚀 One year ago, we successfully started our Group-wide corporate #responsibility project Future Youth. The aim is to introduce young people to the world of work and help them make informed decisions about their professional future. In 2024, numerous students have already participated in the learning program and many more will follow. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to our great colleagues who bring the project to life at all our European subsidiaries with their commitment and expertise. Your enthusiasm makes Future Youth a unique project that can really make a difference. Be #proud 👏! #pushingthelimits #valuedriven #familienunternehmen

What a great start into the new financial year 🚀! Over the past few weeks, we've been getting the teams from all our European subsidiaries in the mood for 2024/25 with a mix of virtual and on-site kickoff events. As well as previewing new applications, innovative chemical products and upcoming cutting-edge services we're planning to offer our customers, one of the highlights was the recognition of successful sales reps as well as special achievements by local colleagues. Congratulations to all the winners. You deserve these awards! 🏆 Be #proud and keep on #pushingthelimits! #innovationbyBERNER #valuedriven

Great news 📣 At this year's German Brand Award, one of the most important national marketing awards, we won twice! Firstly, with our event series to introduce the new BERNER brand to more than 7.000 employees across Europe and secondly, with the unique strategy behind the brand relaunch. In both categories ('brand communication - brand events' and 'brand strategy - B2B') we were honoured as winner 🏆! The two awards are representative of the great achievements of the entire team, who not only gave their all for the successful relaunch, but also bring our new brand to life every day. We couldn't be more #proud!

Happy 1st birthday to our new BERNER brand 🎂! One year ago we initiated the biggest brand relaunch in our company's history by introducing it to more than 7.000 employees at nine events across Europe. And what a journey it has been since then: over the past year, we have successively redesigned all brand elements according to our new visual language, including products, depots, company cars and offices, to name just a few. We could not be more #proud of what we've achieved over the past year. A big thank you goes to all the hard-working colleagues who have given their all to make this relaunch such a great success and are working hard every day to bring our new brand to life. Let's stay hungry for more and keep on #pushingthelimits! 🚀

What a successful start to the outdoor season: The “Kleeblatt” kindergarten in Waldenburg, close to our founding location in Künzelsau, is now busy gardening and will soon be harvesting delicious fruit, vegetables and herbs. They are equipped with three new raised beds and a herb snail, which we donated and installed as part of our social commitment. 🌱🍓🍏 Five colleagues worked hard on site for a whole day. First, an old, dilapidated raised bed was removed and the area cleared of undergrowth and weeds. This was followed by the setup of the equipment, which was planted with seedlings and seeds at the end. A big thank you goes to the motivated helpers who clearly showed what #pushingthelimits means in terms of our corporate responsibility! 👏   #csr #social #responsibility #valuedriven

In the spirit of our corporate value 'be proud', we congratulate our colleague Indra Sporleder, LL.M. on her successful best-practice presentation on how we master due diligence and reporting obligations in the supply chain with focus on the increase of sustainability and transparency 👏 Keep up the good work and let's continue #pushingthelimits!

Whether it’s being brave, connected, real, hungry, responsible or proud: as a #valuedriven family business, we live our values every day. Which of the six is most important to the members of the #bernerfamily and why? Today we asked Johannes Halama, Teamlead Engineering, as part of our 'Value Sponsors' series:

Welcome to the BERNER family: In the 2023/24 financial year, we opened four brand-new BERNER depots in Rennes (France), Brescia (Italy), Valencia (Spain), and on the Azores (Portugal). Brand-new in the truest sense of the word because they shine in our new BERNER #brand #design: rebellious, different, unique. 💥 The depots are based on a modern and customer-centric showroom concept. For example, we draw attention to our top sellers with our HIGHLIGHT PILLARS, demonstrate our #innovative #chemical #products at the CHEMICAL BAR or serve a coffee in the BERA CORNER while presenting our latest BERA solutions. And the four new depots are just the beginning: In the coming years, we will be redesigning existing depots and opening many more as well. A big thank you goes to Oliver Reschke, Head of Depots International, and all the other colleagues who give their all to provide the best possible shopping experience for our customers. Want to look at the new depots yourself? Come and visit us or check out the video 👇