Mäurer & Wirtz
{{Short description|German personal care product manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Mäurer & Wirtz GmbH & Co. KG
|logo = frameless
|type = GmbH & Co. KG
|traded_as =
|industry = Scent and care sectors
|foundation = {{Start date|1845}}
|founder = Michael Mäurer and Andreas August Wirtz
|location_city = Stolberg (Rhld.), North Rhine-Westphalia
|location_country = Germany
|area_served = Worldwide
|key_people = Dr. Hermann Wirtz (CEO),
Fabian Krone (CEO)
|products = Detergents, soap products, perfumes and cosmetics
|services =
|revenue = {{Increase}} € 158 million (2010)
|operating_income =
|net_income =
|assets =
|equity =
|num_employees = 400
|subsid =
|homepage = {{URL|www.m-w.de/en}}
}}
Mäurer & Wirtz is a German manufacturer of personal care products and perfumes. Since 1990 the company has been a subsidiary of Dalli Group.{{cite web|title=Maurer & Wirtz perfumes and colognes|url=http://www.fragrantica.com/designers/Maurer-%26-Wirtz.html|publisher=Fragrantica|access-date=23 March 2014}}
The company is managed by the fifth generation of the Wirtz family, joint CEO Hermann Wirtz.
The headquarters and production site is in Stolberg near the city of Aachen with 400 employees.[https://www.faz.net/artikel/C30563/maeurer-wirtz-baut-um-30379128.html FAZ about Mäurer & Wirtz] on 6 July 2011. The company sells a range of consumer products using the sales divisions Cosmeurop Perfumes, Théany Cosmetics, NewYorker Cosmetics, s.Oliver Cosmetics and comma Cosmetics. Besides its own brands, such as Betty Barclay and 4711, the company produces licensed brands, such as s.Oliver and Otto Kern.[http://www.cosmetic-business.com/showartikel.php?art_id=2377 Mäurer & Wirtz at www.cosmetic-business.de] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527033806/http://www.cosmetic-business.com/showartikel.php?art_id=2377 |date=2012-05-27 }} on 6 July 2011.
History
The family business was founded by Michael Mäurer and his stepson Andreas August Wirtz, who established a soapworks in Stolberg in 1845. The company initially produced soft soaps, curd soaps and fine soaps which were sold in a local grocery store. Over time, markets were established in Rhineland, Germany, and in neighbouring countries (mainly France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). In 1884, the company began producing washing powder. The company's first trademarks were registered at the turn of the century.
In 1939, the company was being run by Hermann Wirtz with the support of his twin brother, Alfred, an engineer. Both brothers were Nazi party members. The company split into three related companies: Mäurer & Wirtz; Chemie Grünenthal, which famously developed and marketed the embryopathic drug Thalidomide;{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Roger |title=The Nazis and Thalidomide: The Worst Drug Scandal of All Time |url=https://www.newsweek.com/nazis-and-thalidomide-worst-drug-scandal-all-time-64655 |access-date=25 August 2021 |agency=Newsweek |date=September 10, 2012}} and Dalli-Group.
Mäurer & Wirtz now produces detergents, soap products, perfumes and cosmetics.[http://www.m-w.de/stolberg.html History at www.m-w.de]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on 6. July 2011. Since 1992, products under the Betty Barclay brand have been produced under license. In 2007, the company took over the brands 4711, Tosca, Sir Irisch Moos and Extase from Procter & Gamble, and in 2011 the Baldessarini fragrance line, and Windsor were acquired.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Products
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Mäurer & Wirtz divided its assortment in 2010 into three business units, which will cover different market and user segments: The segment "Beauty" includes own brands and licensed brands from the low-price sector, the pillar "prestige" is in charge for luxury fragrances and under the third segment "4711" the products from the Cologne "Glockengasse" were brought together:[http://www.m-w.de/prestige4711beauty.html Segmente auf www.m-w.de]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} am 6. Juli 2011.
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External links
- [https://www.m-w.de/en Website of Mäurer & Wirtz]
References
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Category:Companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:Companies established in 1845