please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2009 pacchiupi type aktiengesellschaft industry promotional products founded 1833 1948 headquarters hamburg germany products promotional products revenue approx . 80 million annually number of employees approx . 850 website www.berendsohn.com berendsohn ag is a company active on the promotional products market with its headquarters in hamburg and markets in 14 european states . according to the company the annual turnover amounts to approx . eur 80 million . berendsohn ag maintains business relationships with more than 100 000 clients . the company exclusively sells its products b2b . there are no business relationships to private end users . the majority of clients originates from small and medium sized enterprises . approximately 850 employees work for berendsohn . the products are refined in three company owned production centres namely hamburg br sewitz and milan . history edit the company was founded in 1833 as publishing house b. s. berendsohn by bernhard salomon berendsohn . in the second half of the 19th century they sold mostly premium quality copperplate engravings showing views of the city so called hamburgensien . after wwii holocaust survivor g nther berendsohn 11 january 1916 20 september 1992 ; arrested 1944 1945 in the kz buchenwald refounded the company . from then on they sold advertising material . the businessman extended the company from a one man business to a company with 50 employees and an annual turnover of 5 million dm . in the course of the company s expansion in 1964 new markets in france italy norway austria sweden and switzerland where created . in the years before 2008 they created new markets in denmark belgium luxemburg the netherlands poland slovenia and spain . 2007 the company extended its business segment into the sale of staff clothes . design awards edit since 1999 berendsohn ag has been awarded a number of international prizes for its products . the impuls corkscrew received the if design award in 1999 . the following year the key ring blue point received the red dot design award . the combined salt and pepper mill salz & pfeffer and the champagne bottle top focus won the if design award in 2002 . the latter also received the red dot design award of that year . in 2004 the vase ice azure also received the red dot design award . design award winners of recent years are the candelabrum lichtstrecke 2005 the massage device dr. feel good 2006 as well as the decanter vino and the combined salt and pepper mill sieger 2007 . they all received the if design awards . external links edit official homepage of berendsohn ag retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title berendsohn & oldid 703148071 categories manufacturing companies of germanycompanies based in hamburghidden categories articles lacking sources from november 2015all articles lacking sourcesorphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschpolski edit links this page was last modified on 3 february 2016 at 20 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view