Benary – 175 Years of Excellence in Breeding
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| 2018 | Benary is celebrating 175 Years of Excellence in Breeding |  |
| 2017 | Foundation of Benary+, USA, Watsonville |  |
| 2016 | Benary announces Joint Venture "Jinpin Flower Seedling" in Chengdu, China |  |
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2013 |
Benary is celebrating its 170th company anniversary |
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2011 |
Start up of a new breeding facility in Watsonville, California | |
| 2010 | Foundation of Benary Netherlands B.V. – Their additional breeding facility in Venhuizen, Netherlands | |
| 2009 |
Acquisition of Bodger Seeds Ltd. Lompoc, California |
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2008 |
Begonia x benariensis BIG®: the extraordinary result of more than 100 years of Begonia breeding |
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| 2006 | Nick ten Pas and Matthias Redlefsen step into the management of the company. Klaudia Benary-Redlefsen takes over the majority of the shares of the business. | |
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| 2005 | Expansion of the greenhouse facility in Hann. Münden |  |
| 1996 | Inauguration of the new main office building in Hann. Münden | |
| 1994 | Foundation of the US sales and distribution subsidiary Ernst Benary of America, Inc. | |
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1994 |
Ernst Günter Benary and Christian Börries take over the management of the business | |
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| 1991 | After the German reunification: Foundation of a new breeding and production facility in Wahlhausen, East Germany |
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| 1990 |
Introduction of the first Pentas lanceolata from seed New Look® |
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1988 |
Foundation of a new production location on the Azores | |
| 1980 | A new facility is built in Hann. Münden, West Germany | |
| 1979 | After the sudden death of Fritz Benary, his brother Rudolf Benary takes over the management of the business | |
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1974 |
Introduction of the world’s first Orange Pansy TANGERINE | |
| 1972 | Introduction of the first F1 Begonia tuberhybrida from seed Nonstop® | |
| 1964 | Foundation of the breeding and production facility in Kittsee, Austria | |
| 1955 | Introduction of the green and bronze leafed F1 Begonia Organdy® | |
| 1947 | Start up of the a new production facility in Neu-Eichenberg, West Germany | |
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1946 |
New foundation of Ernst Benary Samenzucht GmbH in Hann. Münden, West Germany by Fritz Benary |
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| 1952 | Ernst Benary KG with a staff of over 280 is expropriated by the East German government |
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1936 |
To avoid prosecution due to the Jewish origin of the family, many members of the family and the company signed up for the German Army and never returned from World War II |
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| 1934 |
Introduction of the world’s first triploid hybrid, Fibrous Begonia TAUSENDSCHÖN |
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| 1932 | Ernst Benary II. becomes President of the company | |
| 1929 | Take over J. C. Schmidt „Blumenschmidt“ in Erfurt | |
| 1927 | Introduction of the world’s first F1-hybrid vegetable, the Tomato HETEROSIS | |
| 1918 | Benary looses most of its export and many valuable employees during World War I | |
| 1912 | Export quota of the company reaches over 50% | |
| 1909 | Ernst II. and Heinrich Benary enter the business | |
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| 1909 | Fibrous Begonia Primadonna®, the world’s first commercial F1-hybrid ornamental is introduced |  |
| 1890 | Strong expansion of the business, the company building in Burgstraße is inaugurated | |
| 1880 | Friedrich and John Benary step into the business | |
1st Generation |
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| 1873 | Gregor Mendel is a prominent academic customer |
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| 1859 | Creation of Lychnis haageana, the company’s first own breeding | |
| 1845 | The first catalogue in English, Russian and French is published | |
| 1843 | Foundation of „Ernst Benary Samenzucht für Gartensämereien und Pflanzen“ by Ernst Benary in Erfurt, Germany | |
