Hydrosol to Take Over C.C.A. Klimmeck GmbH

Hydrosol is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of stabilizing systems. The takeover of C.C.A. Klimmeck GmbH is a further step in the extension of its core competences.

Jul 18 2011 --- The owner-managed, rapidly expanding company Hydrosol Produktionsgesellschaft will take over the stabilizer specialist C.C.A. Klimmeck GmbH as of 1 October 2011. The two firms have made a name for themselves in the development and production of customized stabilizing systems.

The stabilizing of foods, especially dairy, deli and meat products, is an important quality factor; that applies in particular to the manufacture of convenience food. With its extensive facilities for applications technology, including trial laboratories, Hydrosol is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of stabilizing systems. The takeover of C.C.A. Klimmeck GmbH is a further step in the extension of its core competences. “The LABORON product range is an ideal addition to our portfolio for the dairy industry”, says Hydrosol’s managing director Stefan Schliesser. “For decades Klaus Klimmeck has been one of Germany’s recognized experts in the stabilization of dairy products. His knowledge will help us widen our own expertise in this field still further.”

Klaus Klimmeck will be fully available to Hydrosol as a consultant during the next few years. “It was the potential synergisms and the young, dynamic team that made me decide to hand over my business activities to Hydrosol”, Klimmeck explains. Hydrosol has fully equipped applications laboratories in Ahrensburg, near Hamburg. The LABORON products will be made on Hydrosol’s plant in Wittenburg, near Schwerin. “We have steadily enlarged our capacity in recent years. We are well prepared to handle the growing business of C.C.A Klimmeck GmbH”, Stefan Schliesser explains.

Hydrosol is a member of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe based in Hamburg. With its wide range of food ingredients and solutions tailor-made to customers’ requirements, Stern-Wywiol has established itself firmly in the international market. The group is made up of eleven specialist firms in Germany and ten affiliates abroad. Its sales growth is in the two-digit range again in 2011, and will reach a total of over 300 million EUR.

Among the suppliers of food stabilizers, Hydrosol Produktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG with its registered office in Ahrensburg is one of the most rapidly expanding international companies with branches throughout the world. The company’s experts develop and produce customized stabilizing systems for dairy products, ice cream and desserts, for deli foods and ready meals, and for meat, sausage and fish products.

As a member of the independent, owner-managed Stern-Wywiol Gruppe, Hydrosol has permanent access to the pooled know-how and modern applications technology of all the sister companies. Besides Hydrosol the group of companies includes Mühlenchemie for flour improvers; DeutscheBack for baking ingredients; HERZA Schokolade for functional chocolate pieces; OlbrichtArom for flavourings; SternVitamin for vitamin and mineral premixes; SternEnzym with enzymes for baking, sugar confectionery and the production of alcohol and beer, and Sternchemie for food lipids, including lecithin, MCT oil, red palm oil and spray-dried coconut milk. In the contract production of powdered foods and food supplements the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe operates through its member company SternMaid.