Successful for more than 180 years FREYLAU has been based in Henstedt-Ulzburg, near Hamburg, since 1994. The company’s premises span about 20,000 square meters. The ultra-modern building complex combines development laboratories and analytic, production facilities, large warehouses and the entire administrative department all under one roof. Quick and direct in-house routes guarantee the highest product quality and supply performance. A short journey through the success story of the company reveals the most important milestones.
1836
1836
1836
Heinrich Zeise founds a “steam-powered factory” for essential oils, essences and tinctures
1891
1891
Relocation to the Hamburg free port
1904
1904
Company is acquired by Johannes Frey and Heinrich Lau
1906
1906
Fire destroys the building – relocation and new construction in Hamburg Altona district
1912
1912
Company starts developing and producing perfume oils
1970
1970
Company starts developing and producing flavors
1981
1981
Relocation to Hamburg-Norderstedt and commissioning of a specially designed distillation plant
1994
1994
Construction of new buildings in Henstedt-Ulzburg to allow technological and business expansion in the future
2000
2000
A vanilla extraction plant goes into production
2004
2004
Capacity expansion of an extensive hazardous materials warehouse to 5,000 tons
2006
2006
Development of CAPSO® technology, an innovative system for producing encapsulated flavor granulates
2007
2007
Expansion of production and laboratories in accordance with GMP for the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients
2009
2009
Generation change; Dr. Maja Zippel and Claas Nendel take over management of the company
2011
2011
175-year company anniversary
2012
2012
Redesign and expansion of the administration building and development laboratories
2013
2013
Commissioning Fluidbed-Granulation for encapsulated flavours and installation of a lab spray dry tower for spray-dried flavours
2017
2017
Introduction of the new Corporate Design, the new look reflects the constant enhancement and dynamic development of FREY&LAU
2018
2018
Launch of a batch vacuum rectification plant with GMP-production area