Company
KAROW AROMEN STANDS FOR TRADITION AND QUALITY
GOOD TASTE SINCE 1948
Karow: the name stands for the best taste in the production of bakery and confectionery products. As a family business, we work closely with our customers. Natural ingredients, reliability, individuality and excellent service - that is what premium quality means to us.
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Our history is long and eventful.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MILESTONES
After the end of World War 2, Willy Bäume founds a wholesale business for bakeries and grocery shops in the Vogtland region.
The purchase of the flavour production, recipes and apparatus of the Hamburg businessman Heinrich Karow marks the beginning of the production of flavours, pastes and food colours.
The orange and lemon peel pastes that are still well-known today are developed in Plauen and sold throughout the GDR.
The company founder Willy Bäume passes away. His wife Thea carries on the business.
Operations come to an almost complete standstill. Managing director Thea Schulke successfully fights for the company's continued existence. Slowly but steadily, sales and demand are growing again.
The old production and storage facilities of Heinrich Karow Nachf. KG are gradually being demolished, rebuilt or modernised.
Thea Schulke leaves the company at the age of 61. The daughters Steffi Bäume and Annette Hiller take over the business.
The demand for organic products is continuously increasing - with our organic lemon paste we are awarded the BIO certificate.
With our newly developed, freshly certified organic orange peel paste, we are represented for the first time at the world's largest organic trade fair, the BIOFACH in Nuremberg.
We receive certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 and the IFS Checklist Version 4 in May 2007.
On the occasion of the company’s 60th anniversary, we proudly look back in a big celebration - and look forward with a zest for action. With Marlene Bäume and Björn Kaiser the next generation joins the company.
In October, we provide proof that the requirements for certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 have been met.
We are continuously expanding our product range in response to changes in the market. This also includes increased participation in trade fairs, including international trade fairs to expand export business.
We are a practice partner of the vocational academy BA Plauen in the food safety course. In this way, we are committed to training skilled workers in the region.
We move into our new building in the Reißig industrial estate in Plauen. Modern production and working conditions and up-to date storage and logistics facilities form the basis for our future development.
The new company location at Reißiger Gewerbering in Plauen is further expanded with new capacities. We receive the IFS Food certification.
In the midst of the Corona pandemic, we launch our online shop. We expand our production, build a new warehouse and expand research/development and quality assurance.
Wir eröffnen unsere neugebaute Schaubackstube mit Seminarraum und Kapazität für 60 Personen. Außerdem treiben wir unsere Internationalisierung voran und erweitern unseren Webshop um individualisierte Plattformen für europäische Händler.
A deeply rooted family business that proudly looks back on its long history and tradition (from left to right B. Kaiser, S. Bäume, M. Bäume)