150 years

Tradition meetsinnovation

Insights into the 150-year success story of Berlinger, founded in 1865 in a pioneering spirit as the first mechanical cotton weaving mill in the region. Today, Berlinger is known worldwide as a responsible part-ner for safe, simple and sustainable doping control and temperature monitoring systems.

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Open-door day

Saturday,

6th June 2015

The History of Berlinger AGThe Berlinger family crest features three beehives. They symbolize industriousness and business acumen. Now and then, as a member of the sixth generation, it also strikes me — as we hurry to-and-fro — that we are indeed busy bees in a beehive. A lively coming and going; striving and working; and constant bustling with creation for the benefit of all! But read for yourself about the fascinating development of our ‘Berlinger Beehive’, which has happily already tripled over the past few years.

Andrea Berlinger Schwyter, CEO Daniel Schwyter -Berlinger, CEO

Johann Jakob Berlinger

established the first

cotton weaving mill

in the region. His son,

Lieutenant Colonel Jo-

hann Georg Berlinger

ran a brisk trade in

fine jacquard fabrics,

which were exported

to India. At that time,

Ulrich Berlinger ran

the branch office in

Manchester, England.

Enter Charles Egli,

tinkerer and a school-

mate of Jürg Berlinger.

Together with

the already innovative

married couple, they

developed one inven-

tion after another.

A new commodity, i.e.

reclosable fastener sys-

tems by Gottlieb Binder,

further nourished their

spirit of innovation.

They developed Fasten-

ers in tunnels, in cars

and trains, complex

laminate and adhesive

bonds. The horizon

seemed limitless.

Birth of Jürg Berlinger.

He oversaw the rapid

development of the

company from 1959.

In 1965, he married

Liselotte Berlinger-

Zäch, who supported

him energetically from

the very start. The cou-

ple diversified the firm

and piloted it safely

through the crisis in the

textile industry in the

Seventies and Eighties.

They always under-

stood how to make an

assortment of attrac-

tive items that meet the

needs of customers.

Max Berlinger was

born. A sensitive writer

and creative mind who

invented bias tape, giv-

ing the company new

impetus. He laid the

corner stones of the

tape-cutting depart-

ment, which survived

until 2002.

Max married the doc-

tor’s daughter Heidi

Hilty from Werdenberg

in 1938, was elected

mayor and success-

fully led the company

as chairman until 1972.

A great misfortune

befell the family with

a fire in 1902. The

fire destroyed the

building, down to the

ground. This was a

difficult time for the

entire workforce. The

First World War, eco-

nomic crisis, and no

insurance that might

have helped finance

the reconstruction.

The innovative spirit

of Col. Paul and Jacob

Berlinger was now

much needed as they

risked trade in textiles

and fabrics.

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‘We have always invested daily in values, people and sustainability. To be precise — in our future.’

Renewed company

diversification. This

was followed by the

first orders on behalf

of what is today the

company’s central pil-

lar — the manufacture

of temperature moni-

toring devices. Thanks

to the 3M Company,

with whom we culti-

vated a close business

relationship based

on tape manufacture,

Berlinger became the

worldwide distributor

of temperature moni-

toring cards (vaccine

cold-chain monitor

card). This involved vac-

cination projects with

the WHO and UNICEF.

Complete renovation

of the residential and

office building on Mit-

teldorfstrasse. In addi-

tion to a new under-

ground repository built

four meters beneath

the ground floor, the

former home of Heidi

and Max Berlinger

was transformed into

offices and the attic

was converted. Three

new flats were built.

Liselotte Berlinger

oversaw the interior

design. Discreet and

tasteful — still visible

to this day!

1999 Founding of Q-tag

AG. The reorientation of

Berlinger towards the

world of electronics

and its turn away from

its roots in the textile

industry are sealed.

Over 10 electronic

temperature monitor-

ing devices including

the well-known brands

‘Q-tag®’ ‘Fridge-tag®’

and ‘Freeze-tag®’ were

developed. The innova-

tive spirit lives on.

1992 Andrea Berlinger

joins the company; in

1996, she marries the

current CEO, Daniel

Schwyter. Birth of the

BEREG-KIT. The world-

famous security bot-

tles for doping control

of urine and blood

samples. This inven-

tion was developed in

close collaboration with

Charles Egli and Dr. Mat-

thias Kamber, Director

of Antidop- ing Switzer-

land. In 1997, Liselotte

and Andrea Berlinger

began marketing the

product internation-

ally. Today, customers

from over 120 countries

rely on this product of

Berlinger Special AG, a

company established

in 1998.

After the handover of

management in 2008

to the sixth generation,

Andrea and Daniel

Berlinger Schwyter, the

new building construc-

tion on the Toggen-

burgerstrasse was

implemented in 2014.

Another milestone

immediately followed

with the acquisition of

the software company

Antaris Solutions B.V.

from Holland.

The product ranges are

rigorously produced

according to the

principles of ‘Lean

Manufacturing’, op-

timised and updated

with innovative new

developments. 2015

The group of compa-

nies celebrates its 150th

anniversary.

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In June 2014, the Antaris company and its unique online data management software ‘SmartView®’ were acquired by the Berlinger group. In addition to successful products such as Q-tag®, Freeze tag® and Fridge-tag®, with this acquisition, the Berlinger company underscores its leading role in the field

of temperature monitoring in logistics and storage. SmartView® helps in the analysis of temperature-controlled deliveries and simplifies many costly and time-consuming tasks through automation. You can learn more at:

www.berlinger.ch/smartview

PERSONAL

Do you have any questions about our products and services? Our salesteam would be happy to assist. We look forward to hearing from you.

Andrea Berlinger (CEO) andrea.berlinger@berlinger.ch

Andreas Giger (Sales Director) andreas.giger@berlinger.ch

Patrick McGrath, USA patrick.mcgrath@berlinger.ch

Roger Sabat, Sweden roger.sabat@berlinger.ch

Michel Dufros, France michel.dufros@berlinger.ch

Marco del Giudice, Italy marco.delgiudice@berlinger.ch

Carina Tillo, United Kingdom (UK) carina.tillo@berlinger.ch

Your contact partners

Extension of online shop assortmentQ-tag® CLm doc LR und Fridge-tag® 2 for freezers

Exhibitions Clinical Trial Supply Europe, Frankfurt (DE) – 22 to 23 January 2015

Cool Chain and Logistic Europe, Frankfurt (DE) – 27 to 28 January 2015

Clinical Trial Supply Europe, Cannes (FR) – 25 to 26 February 2015

Temperature Management Summit, Montreal (CA) – 25 to 26 February 2015

Clinical Trial Supply Nordics, Denmark – 10 to 11 June 2015

ACHEMA Frankfurt, DE – 15 to 19 June 2015

The online shop, which was imple-mented in collaboration with Brun-ner Pharma AG, has been live for more than a year now and is being used actively. All small orders can be pro-cessed simply and quickly throughout Europe at any time via this webshop. We have now expanded the product range with our Q-tag® CLm doc LR (re-

startable datalogger for monitoring of transports) as well as the Fridge-tag® 2 Freezer (storage monitoring of freezers). We are convinced these additional control devices cover a latent demand and will simplify your temperature monitoring.

Further details at www.drcool.ch

Who we are:

PreviewFridge-tag® 3 GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)

Automatic alarm notification via SMS will soon be possible with the new, user-friendly Fridge-tag® 3 GSM. As of mid-2015, this innovation will comple-mente the existing Fridge-tag® family. Simply insert a SIM card or program the preinstalled microchip with your mobile network provider and off you

go. The Fridge-tag® 3 GSM automati-cally sends an alarm message warn-ing of temperatures that have risen above or fallen below a set tempera-ture; knowing this can help you to act pro-actively. Further information can be requested by e-mail: info@berlinger.com

SmartView®

Experience the power of control

Berlinger Customer Newsletter | Issue 3 | January 2015

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This year’s company outing took the entire

Berlinger team to Schaffhausen — to Europe’s

largest waterfall, the Rhine Falls. For the first

time, team members of the Antaris company

from Holland attended this event. The compa-

ny was acquired in the summer of 2014: team

members immediately began advancing our

web-based solution in the area of data man-

agement with great dedication.

We warmly welcome all new employees to

Berlinger and look forward to collegial and

constructive cooperation.

Mr Eelco de Jong Managing Director with Team Antaris Solutions B.V.

Dr Mike Bielser Development Manager SmartView®

Mr Guido Müller Inside Sales Specialist

Mr Süleyman Bilent Electronics Technician

Mr Manuel Mutti Apprentice Commercial Clerk

(Team Antaris Solutions B.V. in front of the Rheinfall)

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