Since almost 250 years a good address
When Johann Nikolaus Worlée in 1783 took the citizen’s oath of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg as a spice trader he probably didn’t imagine that this would be the first milestone of a worldwide successful company.
According to the tradition of that time, the company was established in 1851 and primarily focussed on trading with colonial goods, soon followed by natural resins originating from the forests of Southeast Asia and Africa. They were used as a basis for the production of varnishes and paints. After the end of the war in 1945, the Hamburg-based company started to develop new business segments. The own production and processing plants as well as the several branch offices all around the world underline that Worlée belongs to the most modern companies in this industrial sector. As a supplier with heart and soul, customer satisfaction and quality assurance have been occupying since then the centre stage and are part of the philosophy of Worlée.
2012 |
Worlée NaturProdukte GmbH buys share in Van Eeghen International (North America) Inc. |
| 2010 |
Bio Suisse Certification |
| 2009 | FLO Fair Trade Certification |
| 2008 |
JAS Certification |
| 2007 | Establishment of a branch office in South America |
| 2006 | ISO 22000 Certification |
| 2005 |
New Department: Pet Food & GMP B2 Certification |
| 2004 | IFS, NOP, Kosher and Halal Certification |
| 2004 | Expansion of the R&D department. Acquisition of new distribution rights for special products |
| 2003 | Development and implementation of an ERP company management software. Contract for a central warehouse in Hamburg covering 16.000 square meters |
| 2002 | Establishment of a branch office in China. Foundation of Worlée North America LLC |
| 2001 | Signing of quality-assurance agreements with major customers. Implementation of vendor-managed inventory programmes. Acquisition of exclusive distribution rights for specialities produced in Europe |
| 2000 | Reorganisation of business activities in Worlee NaturProdukte GmbH and Worlee Chemie GmbH. Adoption of a Supply Chain Management System |
| 1999 | New Department: Organic |
| 1997 | EU Bio Certification |
| 1997 | Implementation of HACCP. Launch of a strategic production alliance with France |
| 1996 | Installation of the 3rd generation of physical microbiological level reduction plant. Signing of a co-operative agreement with external laboratories and outsourcing of the in-house laboratory |
| 1995 | Reinhold von Eben-Worlée becomes associate partner. |
| 1994 | ISO 9001 Certification. Establishment of Worlée Italia. New Department R&D for tea, fruit and herbal tea-ingredients. |
| 1993 | Launch of a strategic production alliance with Egypt |
| 1992 | Adoption of a Total Quality Management System. Launch of a strategic production alliance with India |
| 1990 | New construction of the processing plant in Hamburg. Establishment of E.H. Worlée & Co. Sarl, France. Establishment of E.H. Worlée & Co. Ltd., Great Britain |
| 1989 | Signing of distributorship agreements in East Asia |
| 1986 | Establishment of Varistor AG, Switzerland |
| Construction of a processing plant in Poland. | |
| 1985 | Launch of a strategic production alliance with China |
| 1984 | Reinhold von Eben-Worlée joins Worlée Chemie GmbH. Installation of the 2nd generation of physical microbiological level reduction plants |
| 1978 | Development of physical treatment for microbiological reduction. |
| 1968 | Construction of a raw materials processing plant in Hamburg |
| 1967 | Establishment E.H. Worlée & Co. b.v., Netherlands |
| 1963 |
Signing of the first distributorship agreements in the USA |
| 1959 | Trading with dehydrated vegetables is integrated |
| 1954 | Worlée starts trading with dried mushrooms and plant based raw materials |
| 1951 | Dr. Albrecht von Eben-Worlée takes over the leadership of the company |
| 1905 | Erich von Eben-Worlée takes over the leadership of the company |
| 1851 | Emil Heinrich Worlée takes the citizen’s oath of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Foundation of E.H. Worlée & Co. Trading Company with colonial goods |
| 1783 | Johann Nikolaus Worlée takes the citizen’s oath of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
