Tradition, upheld through transition
History
In 1920, Willy Kündig laid the cornerstone in Zurich for today’s W. Kündig & Cie AG. Outstanding commitment and uncompromising quality turned the once small trading company into an internationally recognized enterprise.
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| 2010 | Takeover of Interoma AG |
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| 2009 | Founding of BTZ, a Bavaria-based onion cultivation and processing firm Opening of the Kündig subsidiary company in Beijing |
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| 2008 | Sale of the tomato powder plant Kündig Food KFT Kecskemét |
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| 2007 | Renaming of BGM Nahrungsmittel GmbH & Co. KG into Kündig Nahrungsmittel GmbH & Co. KG Deutschland |
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| 2003 | Purchase of a financial interest in BGM Group, Ritschenhausen |
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| 1997 | Founding of W. Kündig GmbH Hamburg |
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| 1996 | Acquisition of the Kecskemét tomato powder plant from H. J. Heinz & Co. (Kündig Food Kft) |
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| 1995 | Establishment of the Willy Kündig Foundation Budapest |
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| 1993 | Founding of Kündig-Service KFT (services) |
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| 1991 | Founding of W. Kündig KFT Budapest |
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| 1978 | Establishment of the Willy Kündig Foundation, Zurich |
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| 1972 | Death of company founder and proprietor Willy Kündig |
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| 1961 | Conversion of the Kommanditgesellschaft into W. Kündig & Cie AG |
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| 1942 | Establishment of the W. Kündig & Cie employee pension foundation |
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| 1936 | Founding of Commerz- & Privat-Clearing AG for handling the usual clearing obligations that were frequently involved at the time – mainly in Eastern Europe |
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| 1920 | May 1: Founding of Kündig & Kaelin Export & Import |