With effect from 1 January 2017, the long-established company Fritz Betzinger & Sohn from Iserlohn has been transferred to Schulte Verpackungs-Systeme GmbH from Hemer. Schulte Verpackungs-Systeme will take over the customers and employees of Betzinger. The Betzinger site will be closed.
Fritz Betzinger & Sohn can look back on over 140 years of existence. Now in its fifth generation, the well-known family business has been active in the field of wooden packaging. In 1874, the Fritz Betzinger company started out as a cooperage producing barrels and vats for local needs. With the onset of industrialisation before the First World War, the production of the first Shipping boxes.
Product range constantly expanded
A circular saw purchased for this purpose was a minor sensation at the time. After the Second World War, the product range was constantly expanded. When the premises in the centre of Iserlohn became too small, the company relocated to a new site. Gerhard Günther He moved the business to Iserlohn-Sümmern in the Rombrock industrial estate. Markus Wilkes at his side. Gerhard Günther died unexpectedly in 1999, Jutta Günther and her son-in-law took over the management of the company. With the handover, Jutta Günther is now retiring.
