New ideas open new doors. That has been our credo for over 155 years. In the middle of the idyllic Toggenburg, Johann Georg Berlinger laid the foundation of our company history in 1865 – with a weaving mill.
Today, the name Berlinger stands for innovative technology and products and is an international benchmark for standardized doping control systems.
The sixth generation of the Berlinger family is proud to carry on the values and traditions of their family company, which focus on openness, quality and fairness. Each and every day we invest in our values, people and processes: to be more precise, we invest in our future. This is what our forefathers did and so this is what we continue to do. 'Tradition meets innovation' sums up the strengths that have stayed with us for generations. We foresee change, are receptive to it and respond creatively to the process of change itself.
Innovation meets Tradition
From a textile manufacturer to a high-tech product company
The courage to change
Milestones
1865
Start of the Berlinger success story
Establishment
Johann Jakob Berlinger founds the first cotton weaving mill in the region of Toggenburg.
1911
Invention
Bias tape
Max Berlinger, the fourth generation of the Berlinger family who run the company, revolutionizes the textile industry with his invention of bias tape.
1972
Diversification
Temperature monitoring solutions
A successful team of three guides the company through the textile crisis with a clever diversification strategy. First chemical indicators for vaccination campaigns are presented to the WHO and UNICEF.
1994
Invention
BEREG-KIT 94
Invention of the revolutinonary tamper-evident sealing system for safe and clean sports. Implemented by the team of three, Karl Egli, Liselotte and Jürg Berlinger.
1998
Foundation
Berlinger Special and Q-Tag AG
Berlinger focuses on the two main business areas "Doping Control Equipment" and "Monitoring Solutions".
2008
Management
Baton change
Andrea Berlinger-Schwyter and Daniel Schwyter-Berlinger, the sixth generation of the Berlinger family who run the company, take over the management.
2010
Expansion
Berlinger USA LLC
Foundation of a sales office and entry into the US temperature monitoring market.
2014
Modernization
New building
Construction of a new production and office building at the Swiss headquarters.
2014/15
Acquisition
Antaris Solutions B.V.
Acquisition of the Dutch software company by Berlinger.
2016
Award
Prix SVC
Berlinger wins the Eastern Switzerland Economic Prize, one of the most important economic awards in Switzerland.
2018
Managmenet
Corporate governance change
Thomas Bechter becomes Berlinger's first "external" CEO.
2020
Berlinger wins the Export Award 2020
S-GE Award
Berlinger receives the Switzerland Global Enterprise Export Award 2020. What an amazing recognition of our internationalization strategy.
Future
Transformation
Future
Setting new industry standards for our customers with digitized modular real-time solutions, optimized processes, and state-of-the-art technology.
