New ideas open new doors. That has been our credo for over 155 years. In the middle of the idyllic Toggenburg, Johann Georg Berlinger laid the foundation of our company history in 1865 – with a weaving mill.
Today, the name Berlinger stands for innovative technology and products and is an international benchmark for standardized doping control systems.
The sixth generation of the Berlinger family is proud to carry on the values and traditions of their family company, which focus on openness, quality and fairness. Each and every day we invest in our values, people and processes: to be more precise, we invest in our future. This is what our forefathers did and so this is what we continue to do. 'Tradition meets innovation' sums up the strengths that have stayed with us for generations. We foresee change, are receptive to it and respond creatively to the process of change itself.
Innovation meets Tradition
From a textile manufacturer to a high-tech product company
The courage to change
Milestones
1865
Start of the Berlinger success story
Establishment
Johann Jakob Berlinger founds the first cotton weaving mill in the region of Toggenburg.
1965
Invention
Bias ribbon
Max Berlinger, the fourth generation of the Berlinger family who run the company, revolutionizes the textile industry with his invention of bias ribbon.
1972
Diversification
A winning team
The successful trio guides the company through the textile crisis with a clever diversification strategy: Liselotte & Jürg Berlinger together with Karl Egli.
1994
Invention
BEREG-KIT 94
Invention of the revolutinonary tamper-evident sealing system for safe and clean sports. Implemented by the team of three, Karl Egli and Liselotte & Jürg Berlinger.
1998
Foundation
Berlinger Special and Q-Tag AG
Berlinger focuses on the two main business areas "Doping Control Equipment" and "Monitoring Solutions".
2006
First blood sample container
Launch BEREG-Kit small
Launch of our first blood sample container made of plastic with minimal weight and size for safe transport and storage of blood vacutainer.
2008
Management
Baton change
Andrea Berlinger-Schwyter and Daniel Schwyter-Berlinger, the sixth generation of the Berlinger family who run the company, take over the management.
2008
Innovative Kit for Animal Sports
Launch BEREG-Horse-Kit
The kit with plastic bottle, specially designed for use in animal sports
2012
Product Innovation
Launch Berlinger Lausanne Kit
The plastic container with new closure technology.
2014
Modernization
New building
Construction of a new production and office building at the Swiss headquarters.
2016
Award
Prix SVC
Berlinger wins the Eastern Switzerland Economic Prize, one of the most important economic awards in Switzerland.
2018
Management
Corporate governance change
Thomas Bechter becomes Berlinger's first "external" CEO.
2020
Berlinger wins the Export Award 2020
S-GE Award
Berlinger receives the Switzerland Global Enterprise Export Award 2020. What an amazing recognition of our internationalization strategy.
2023
Product Innovation
The BEREG-Kit Family is growing
One becomes two as the Berlinger success story continues - Berlinger's BEREG-Kit Urine Sample Containers are available in Glass and Plastic.
2024
Restructuring
New strategic alignment for the Berlinger Group and new CEO appointment
Berlinger Special AG has undergone an organizational separation from Berlinger & Co. AG and has appointed Andreas Schnabl as the new CEO.
