Peter Gelhard Naturdärme

Peter Gelhard Naturdärme is a German family-owned company that sources, refines and distributes natural sausage casings made from sheep, pig and cattle. Registered in the commercial register on 10 March 1964, the firm traces its roots to a Ransbach merchant family that had operated a rennet (Lab) production business since 1825 and later added trading in natural casings. After the death of his father, Peter Gelhard founded the present company, which he built together with his wife Romy Gelhard (died 1992) and, from the 1980s onward, expanded internationally. The company's headquarters are in Ransbach-Baumbach in the Westerwald region of Germany, where raw-material deliveries from many countries and continents are coordinated and finished goods are shipped worldwide. Over the decades the firm established its own production sites in China and elsewhere in Europe as well as a company in Australia for sourcing sheep-casing raw material. Growth required additional production space; in the Ransbach-Baumbach industrial area the company expanded onto a site of 83,000 square metres, where office complexes, warehouses, cold-storage halls and production areas were built up to 1996. Peter Gelhard Naturdärme serves national and international companies in the meat-processing industry, medium-sized sausage manufacturers and the specialist wholesale trade for butcheries. Its product range covers natural casings from sheep, pig and cattle in all finishes, calibres, qualities and packaging formats — salted, ready-to-fill or tubed — in small or large order quantities. The company describes itself as one of the world's largest suppliers of natural casing products, supported by a worldwide network of raw-material suppliers, production facilities and subsidiary and affiliated companies. Processing, finishing and distribution take place at three production and warehouse locations in Germany, Poland and China. The company is an EU-approved and controlled establishment for the sorting and processing of natural casings, carrying approval number EV 11-001 C. It is a member of the Zentralverband Naturdarm e.V. (German central natural casing association), the European Natural Sausage Casing Association (ENSCA) and the International Natural Sausage Casing Association (INSCA). After initial certification in August 2007, it met the requirements of the International Food Standard (IFS) in August 2011. As of 2011 the company employed more than 1,600 people worldwide. Management is shared between founder Peter Gelhard and his son Arnd Gelhard, while Petra Gelhard-Fuchs, the founder's daughter, is responsible for central marketing. The company presents itself as a responsible, future-oriented business, emphasising environmental care, careful use of resources and social responsibility toward its employees.

The history of Peter Gelhard Naturdärme reaches back well before the company's formal founding. The family of founder Peter Gelhard, an old merchant family from Ransbach, had operated a rennet (Lab) production business since 1825, to which trading in natural casings was later added. After the death of his father, Peter Gelhard went into business for himself and founded the firm Peter Gelhard Naturdärme. The entry in the commercial register was made on 10 March 1964. Together with his wife Romy Gelhard, who died in 1992, Peter Gelhard continued to grow the company. From the 1980s onward he also expanded international business relationships. Own production sites were established in China and elsewhere in Europe, as well as a company in Australia for sourcing raw material for sheep casings. This international network of raw-material suppliers, production facilities and subsidiary and affiliated companies became a defining feature of the business, allowing it to offer a comprehensive natural casing range from sheep, pig and cattle in all finishes, calibres, qualities and packaging formats. As the company grew, additional production space became necessary. In the industrial area of Ransbach-Baumbach further land was acquired and the company was expanded onto a site of 83,000 square metres, on which office complexes, warehouses, cold-storage halls and production areas were built up to 1996. The headquarters in Ransbach-Baumbach coordinates raw-material deliveries from many countries and continents as well as finished-goods shipments worldwide. On 6 January 2011 the roof of a warehouse hall built three years earlier collapsed because thaw water could not drain away and the weight could then no longer be borne by the roof structure. No persons were in the building, but total damage amounted to approximately €250,000. By 2011 the company employed more than 1,600 people worldwide. It is an EU-approved and controlled establishment for the sorting and processing of natural casings, carrying approval number EV 11-001 C. It is a member of the Zentralverband Naturdarm e.V., the European Natural Sausage Casing Association (ENSCA) and the International Natural Sausage Casing Association (INSCA). After initial certification in August 2007, the company met the requirements of the International Food Standard (IFS) in August 2011. Management is shared between founder Peter Gelhard and his son Arnd Gelhard, while Petra Gelhard-Fuchs, the founder's daughter, is responsible for central marketing. Processing, finishing and distribution take place at three production and warehouse locations in Germany, Poland and China. The company presents itself as a responsible, future-oriented business, emphasising environmental care, careful use of resources and social responsibility toward its employees.

• 2011

  On 6 January 2011 the roof of a warehouse hall built three years earlier collapses; no persons are in the building, but total damage is approximately €250,000. In August 2011 the company meets the requirements of the International Food Standard (IFS).

• 2007

  Initial certification to the International Food Standard (IFS) in August 2007.

• 1996

  Expansion of the Ransbach-Baumbach site to 83,000 square metres completed, with office complexes, warehouses, cold-storage halls and production areas built up to this year.

• 1992

  Romy Gelhard, wife of the founder and co-builder of the company, dies.

• 1980

  From the 1980s onward, Peter Gelhard expands international business relationships and establishes own production sites in China and elsewhere in Europe, plus a sheep-casing raw-material sourcing company in Australia.

• 1964

  After the death of his father, Peter Gelhard founds Peter Gelhard Naturdärme; entry in the commercial register on 10 March 1964.

• 1825

  The Gelhard family, an old merchant family from Ransbach, begins operating a rennet (Lab) production business, later adding trade in natural casings.

One of the world's largest suppliers of natural casing products, serving professional sausage producers with high availability, quality and decades of know-how.

• Natural casings from sheep

• Natural casings from pig

• Natural casings from cattle

• Salted natural casings

• Ready-to-fill natural casings

• Tubed natural casings

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