!!!Mautner Markhof AG

Mautner Markhof AG, food and beverage company with headquarters in 
Vienna. The company's history can be traced to Bohemia in the year 
1690, while operations in Vienna started in 1840, when Adolf Ignaz   
(see) Mautner leased the brewery of St. Marx. From 1850 dry yeast 
production came to play an important role in the company side by side 
with beer brewing; from the 1860s onward the company added to its 
activities the production of spirits, an important product for the 
liqueur industry. In 1913 the firm started producing vinegar, rum, 
mustard, fruit syrups and horseradish preserves at its plant in 
Vienna-Simmering, which has remained its headquarters to this day. In 
the 1920s numerous molasses yeast factories were established in 
successor states of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. The factory in 
Vienna was severely damaged during World War II. Reconstruction was 
completed in 1950, when a new fermentation plant was opened. In the 
20th century the two personalities which most influenced the 
development of the family-owned enterprise were Manfred   (see) 
Mautner Markhof and Georg   (see) Mautner Markhof. Non-voting 
preference shares of Mautner Markhof AG have been listed on the Stock 
Exchange since 1984. In 1992 the company went international (purchase 
of Buszesz AG in Hungary, joint venture with Lesaffre company of 
France). Since the 1990s the company has predominantly expanded in 
Central and Eastern Europe, with subsidiaries in Hungary, Poland and 
Croatia. In 1997 the marketing of spirits was spun off and the company 
has since concentrated on mustard, vinegar, horseradish, fruit syrups 
and salad dressings. Sales in 1998 amounted to ATS 757 million; in the 
same year the company had 498 persons on its payroll. Marcus Mautner 
Markhof (Georg Mautner Markhof's son) has been chairman of the board 
since 1996.


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