Schwartauer Werke

Schwartauer Werke is a food manufacturer based in Bad Schwartau, Germany. The company traces its origins to 1899, when brothers Otto and Paul Fromm established the Chemische Fabrik Schwartau. Its early business focused on floor wax and floor oil, while the founders also experimented with making jam industrially. In 1907 the company gave up those original lines and shifted its focus to fruit-based products. The first Schwartau preserve followed in 1912, the year the business was renamed Schwartauer Honigwerke und Zuckerraffinerie. Today, the company describes itself as a long-established food producer with brands including Schwartau Extra, Samt and Corny. Its homepage highlights preserves and cereal bars, as well as a broader range of products. The company also serves business customers, including retailers and food-service operators. Its website presents the business as rooted in northern Germany while describing its reach as extending beyond Bad Schwartau. The company marks its 125-year history by emphasizing its employees and its development beyond a single product category. Its public-facing priorities also include product quality and innovation, regional engagement, sustainability and support for bees and pollinators. The supplied company material describes a corporate volunteering program through which employees take part in community activities. Current ownership, listed status and the company’s precise operating markets are not specified in the available evidence.

Schwartauer Werke began in 1899 in Bad Schwartau, where brothers Otto and Paul Fromm founded the Chemische Fabrik Schwartau. The company’s initial focus was on products such as floor wax and floor oil. Alongside that business, the brothers experimented with industrial jam production, an activity that would later shape the company’s identity as a food manufacturer. In 1907, the business left the floor-wax and floor-oil lines and concentrated on fruit-based products. The founders’ sisters, Emma and Mathilde, also became co-owners that year, according to the company history. The company describes both fresh fruit, such as strawberries and cherries, and dried fruit, such as almonds, apricot kernels and cocoa, as the basis of its products from that period onward. The company identifies 1912 as the year of its first preserve in a can. It also says that the Chemische Fabrik was renamed Schwartauer Honigwerke und Zuckerraffinerie that year. These developments established the connection between the business and fruit preserves that remains central to its public identity. Schwartauer Werke’s current company material describes it as a food manufacturer with brands including Schwartau Extra, Samt and Corny. Its product presentation extends beyond preserves to cereal bars and other foods. The company also addresses commercial customers, including retail and food-service partners. The company marked 125 years of history in its anniversary year, highlighting the employees whose work it says has shaped its development. Its public messaging connects its northern German roots with an ambition to look ahead through quality and innovation. The website also refers to more than ten years of work supporting bees and pollination, and a separate company page describes “Mit Herz & Hand,” a volunteering program created during the anniversary year to support the local region. The available evidence does not establish the current ownership structure, listed status or a complete chronology of later corporate changes.

• 2024

  125th anniversary

• 1912

  First preserve and company renaming

• 1907

  Shift to fruit-based products

• 1899

  Chemische Fabrik Schwartau founded

A long-established German food manufacturer with roots in Bad Schwartau, presenting itself around quality, innovation, regional ties and a portfolio extending beyond preserves.

• Schwartau Extra

  A preserve brand named among the company’s strong brands.

• Samt

  A preserve brand named among the company’s strong brands.

• Corny

  A cereal-bar brand named among the company’s strong brands.

• 1907

  Focused the business on fruit-based productsOther

1. 1Moin & Herzlich Willkommen | Schwartauer Werkeschwartauer-werke.de
2. 2Unsere Geschichte - Zeitreise gefällig? | Schwartauer Werkeschwartauer-werke.de
3. 3Unser Corporate Volunteering Programm | Schwartauer Werkeschwartauer-werke.de
4. 4Unser Corporate Volunteering Programm | Schwartauer Werkeschwartauer-werke.de