Our family-owned company can look back on more than 200 years of history. A brewery founded in Bitburg/Eifel became a medium-sized group of companies active in the core business area of beer and other business areas.
1817
What began in 1817 with the brewery built by Johann Peter Wallenborn has grown over the decades to become one of the most important private breweries in Germany – the Bitburger brewery. Bitburger Braugruppe was created by acquiring traditional beer brands (König Pilsener, Köstritzer, Wernesgrüner, and Licher) and capable beverage wholesalers.
1998
In 1998, what is now Bitburger Holding was founded as the parent company of the corporate group. Its mission is to further develop the group structure and search for corporate investments outside of the traditional core business.
2010
In early 2010, the holding company acquired the children’s clothing manufacturer Sterntaler.
2011
The holding company has held a stake in Dürr Dental AG since 2011.
2016
In 2016, Bitburger Holding acquired the Wuppertal-based tool specialist Wera and acquired a stake in the Poli-Tape Group in Remagen.
2018
Bitburger Ventures GmbH was founded in 2018.
2019
In 2019, Bitburger Holding acquired a stake in the Kefenrod-based tent specialist HTS tentiQ and the Uetze-based waste oil processing company Avista Oil.
2023
Together with German family offices Bitburger Holding acquired a minority stake in Schülke & Mayr GmbH
2024
The POLI-TAPE investment was sold to the Fedrigoni Group in 2024.