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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
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1836
Heinrich Zeise founds a “steam-powered factory” for essential oils, essences and tinctures
1891
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1891
Relocation to the Hamburg free port
1904
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1904
Company is acquired by Johannes Frey and Heinrich Lau
1906
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1906
Fire destroys the building – relocation and new construction in Hamburg Altona district
1912
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1912
Company starts developing and producing perfume oils
1970
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1970
Company starts developing and producing flavors
1981
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1981
Relocation to Hamburg-Norderstedt and commissioning of a specially designed distillation plant
1994
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1994
Construction of new buildings in Henstedt-Ulzburg to allow technological and business expansion in the future
2000
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2000
A vanilla extraction plant goes into production
2004
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2004
Capacity expansion of an extensive hazardous materials warehouse to 5,000 tons
2006
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2006
Development of CAPSO® technology, an innovative system for producing encapsulated flavor granulates
2007
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2007
Expansion of production and laboratories in accordance with GMP for the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients
2009
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2009
Generation change; Dr. Maja Zippel and Claas Nendel take over management of the company
2011
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2011
175-year company anniversary
2012
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2012
Redesign and expansion of the administration building and development laboratories
2013
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2013
Commissioning Fluidbed-Granulation for encapsulated flavours and installation of a lab spray dry tower for spray-dried flavours
2017
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2017
Introduction of the new Corporate Design, the new look reflects the constant enhancement and dynamic development of FREY&LAU
2018
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2018
Launch of a batch vacuum rectification plant with GMP-production area