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Anton Jurgens became the pater familias of the company, which would retain its family structure until the fusion with Van den Bergh in 1927. [2] Jurgens succeeded his father in business at the age of 21, [1] and was one of the main European margarine and soap manufacturers in the early twentieth century with Pieter-Eduard Leverd.
The merged entity acquired the interests of Van den Bergh's in England (Margarine Union Limited) and those of Van den Bergh's and Antoon Jurgens United in the Netherlands (N.V. Margarine Unie). The companies were set up in an agreement under which the shareholders benefited as if they had shares in a single company. [6]
Simon van den Bergh. Simon van den Bergh (October 26, 1819, in Geffen – April 6, 1907, in Rotterdam) was a Dutch businessperson who founded a margarine factory in the Netherlands in 1872. [1] In 1888, the same year his son Samuel joined the company, he opened another factory in Kleve, the Van den Bergh Margarine Works. By announcing it was ...
Samuel van den Bergh (6 April 1864, in Geffen – 4 February 1941, in Nice) was one of the main European Jewish margarine and soap manufacturers in the early 20th century. In 1888, the year his father, Simon van den Bergh , opened his first German margarine factory in Kleve, van den Bergh joined his father's margarine company, of which he ...
Stork has been manufactured at the Purfleet works (originally Van den Berghs & Jurgens) in the UK since 1920. It was with the onset of World War II and rationing of butter that sales began to rise, in part driven by the Stork Cookery Service.
Jurgens and van den Bergh created a substantial export industry, selling margarine to England and other countries, as did a number of smaller competitors. In the 1880s there were at least 70 margarine factories in the Netherlands. In 1911 Jurgens exported 111,000 tons of margarine, and Van den Bergh 112,000. [25]
Lever Brothers was one of several British companies that took an interest in the welfare of its British employees. [7] The model village of Port Sunlight was developed between 1888 and 1914 adjoining the soap factory to accommodate the company's staff in good quality housing, with high architectural standards and many community facilities.
Blue Band (known as Rama in Poland, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Czech Republic) is a brand of margarine, cheese spreads, and vegetable fat spreads. [1] Originally a Dutch brand developed by Van den Bergh [2] it remains widely available in Germany, where it has been sold since 1924.