The Berner Group

BERNER around the world… our series continues! 🚀 As part of his dual studies in Service Management, our colleague Paul Seipelt (group photo, middle) had the opportunity to gain international experience and completed a two-month internship at our subsidiary Berner Österreich. During this time, he was able to develop a much deeper understanding of purchasing processes and supply chain management. “I can take a lot of what I've learned home with me and it will for sure benefit me in my dual studies.” Of course, there was also plenty of time for activities, such as city-trips or hiking in the Alps. What Paul will remember most about his internship? “The team spirit and the fundamental hospitality of the Austrians were unique. I not only found new colleagues, but also new friends.” A great example of how much we benefit from the many different cultures and nationalities within our Group. 🤝 #valuedriven #BERNERfamily #familienunternehmen

In line with our corporate value 'be connected', our local teams came together at the Mid Season Summits, which were held by all our subsidiaries. As part of the event series the local management teams provided information on current business developments, gave an outlook and presented exciting new #chemical #innovations for #mobility and #construction professionals. But it wasn't only numbers and charts: we took the opportunity to show the new BERNER #brand #campaign to all our 8,000 employees. With it, we position ourselves as the unconventional #smart #rebel in our industry. Our promise of performance and quality are creatively staged with a wink. In short: we are the best dealer in town and keep #pushingthelimits to make the impossible possible for our customers! 🚀 Want to find out more about the campaign? 👉 Click here: https://bit.ly/4exeW35

As communicators, we for once are almost at a loss for words: with great #pride we can announce that our Group-wide project 'Value & Engagement Award' was honored at the INKOMETA Award as 'Best in Class' in the category 'Culture & Purpose' 🏆!   What convinced the jury? That with this communication project we have developed an authentic and multi-level award system that also recognizes the silent heroes within the BERNER Group, making them visible through internal and external media presence. 🔦 We couldn't sum this up much better!   Once again, we want to congratulate our Value Award winners Santos Ricardo ("be brave") and Tiago Sykes ("be responsible") from Berner Portugal, Alberto Diniz ("be real") from Berner Succ. Luxembourg, Timo Loos ("be proud") from The Berner Group, Fran BERNER ("be connected") from BERNER MONTAJE Y FIJACION SL, Adrian Isenegger ("be hungry") from Montagetechnik BERNER AG for their outstanding achievements as well as our #subsidiary BERNER Polska which received the Engagement Award for their great support to the suffering population in Ukraine. 🕊️ Let's keep on living our #values 🫶   #valuedriven #familienunternehmen #BERNERcrew #pushingthelimits

WHY BERNER IS THE DEALER OF CHOICE? 🔥 Our stuff? Awesome! We’ve got the hottest products and innovations in town. 🔧 Our service? No matter what our customers need, they’ll get it! On request, we deliver on the same day and almost anywhere in Europe within 24h. 🏃➡️ Our sales reps? Always one step ahead! They make the impossible possible for our customers. 💪 Status quo? Not our thing! We always find a way that's not just good, but better. Curious, what our gang is up to? Find our more here 👉 https://bit.ly/4exeW35 #BERNERPTL #pushingthelimits #bestdealerintown #beststuff

And here comes the explanation 👉 WE ARE THE BEST DEALER IN TOWN! Our new BERNER #brand #campaign is now live! It shows once again that we are the unconventional smart rebel of our industry. On all channels we humorously emphasize our customer promise of #performance and #quality: Screw sleazy deals in dark corners! The best stuff is delivered straight to our customers doors – legally and damn fast across Europe from the hottest gang in the business. At the same time, we are placing a special focus on #chemical #innovations. We bet you've never seen anything like this before! 💪 The centerpiece of the #BERNER brand campaign is a commercial featuring Kida Khodr Ramadan. The German actor, who celebrated his international breakthrough with the award-winning TV series "4 Blocks", has once again slipped back into his signature role as a gangster boss. But see for yourself: https://bit.ly/4exeW35 #BERNERPTL #pushingthelimits #bestdealerintown #beststuff

WHAT IS GOING ON? 🤔 Shady figures, sleazy deals in dark corners and BERNER in the middle of it all? Can’t be! Or can it?! STAY TUNED to check out what our gang is up to! #BERNERPTL #pushingthelimits #bestdealerintown #beststuff

The BERNER family continues to grow! 🙌 Last week, nine young #talents started their #apprenticeship or dual studies at our subsidiaries Albert Berner Deutschland GmbH, BTI Befestigungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG or the Holding. This means that we are currently training a total of 58 young colleagues in 16 different professions in and around our founding location Künzelsau. During the joint welcome week, they got to know each other and the other year groups and learned everything they need to know to start their careers with us. Once again, we were able to fill all vacant training positions at the three #subsidiaries. In this, internal recommendations were an important success factor. That is also how Neele Stuck became aware of our #company and has now started her dual studies with a focus on Service Management HR. "A friend has also been doing the dual study program since last year. She really enjoys it. When I was also accepted, I was absolutely delighted." Gabriel Stricker came to The Berner Group in a similar way. In his case, however, the recommendation was intergenerational and within his own family: "My grandfather Günter Stricker was the first employee in Purchasing to work for BERNER for around 35 years until he retired. It's a great experience for me that I can now follow in his footsteps to a certain extent with the dual study program with a focus on Business Administration and Retail Marketing."   We wish all young talents a good start and a successful #training period. We look forward to #pushingthelimits together with you. 🚀 #familienunternehmen #valuedriven

Our #European #logistics offensive continues: This calendar year and next, we will further invest around 10 million euros in the modernization and expansion of our ware houses 👍 We will be starting in several countries almost at the same time in autumn.  There will be a particularly strong boost for the logistics of our subsidiaries Albert Berner Deutschland GmbH, Berner Portugal and BERNER MONTAJE Y FIJACION SL. 💪 "The planned measures will significantly strengthen our position as a leading #B2B specialist once again*, says Robert Kühl, Chief #Supply Chain Officer at the The Berner Group. "We will consistently drive forward our Group-wide logistics offensive. Our medium-term goal is to build a fast and reliable supply network so that we can provide our customers with what they need on the day they order, i.e. #intraday." 🛠🚚

Despite massively worsened market conditions, The Berner Group closed the 2023/2024 financial year at almost the same level as the previous year: With a turnover of over 1.15 billion euros, we remain one of the leading players in our industry 💪 Many thanks to the entire #BERNER crew throughout Europe who contributed to this result 🙏 Our 5,000 #sales experts, who advise our #mobility and #construction customers personally every day, continue to provide the majority 👏 At the same time, we are systematically expanding our alternative #channels: In several countries, their share of sales is already over 35%, e.g. Berner France 👍 Driver of this development is the rapidly growing #online business 💻 In the past financial year, we achieved #eCommerce growth rates of more than 50% in key markets such as Berner Italia, BERNER Polska and Berner Portugal 🚀 This enabled us to realize numerous projects - including the opening of additional #depots, the launch of new #products (e.g. XTREME Parts Cleaner, 2K Fill & Fusion) or #service #innovations (e.g. Chemical Safety Management, BERA SMARTscale) and the biggest #brand relaunch in our company's history. #pushingthelimits 

Before the gardening season comes to an end, the “An St. Hildegard” kindergarten in the north of Cologne can look forward to a new tool shed, which we donated and built up as part of our #social #commitment. 🏡 First, the team of four enthusiastic colleagues removed an old garden shed, that was no longer usable, and installed a secure foundation using stone tiles for the new one. Once it was built up, it was made weatherproof with wood varnish so that the kindergarten can benefit from it for a long time to come. Many thanks to the hard-working helpers for their great efforts, you have clearly shown what #pushingthelimits means in terms of our #corporate #responsibility! 👏 #valuedriven #csr #familienunternehmen