Gottlieber Spezialitäten AG

History

History of Gottlieber Spezialitäten AG

In 1938 the first praline fillings were introduced. Business was quite slow during the war years, as rationing prevented a sufficient supply of raw materials. Following the death of the founder in 1952, her daughter, Berty Wegeli, took over the business. With great commitment and tenacity, she managed to lay the solid foundations of the present company and established an excellent reputation throughout the Lake Constance region.

Her nephew, Walter Brauchli, became her right hand man. After the company take-over in 1959, he gradually introduced mechanized production techniques. Urs Brauchli joined the company in 1977, thereby guaranteeing continuity of management by the same family. 1978 saw the beginning of cornet wafer production for the Swiss ice cream industry. In Spring 2000, the strategic decision to expand production had already been realised. Using the latest top-level, high-tech equipment, the company has generated the capacity to produce custom-made, semi-finished „premium fillings“ for industrial customers. In 2005, the Seecafe, with its factory shop, was opened right on the lake (next to the factory).

In 2008 the company was placed into “young” hands following a succession solution and remains a family company. Dieter Bachmann, from Thurgau, took over the shares of Gottlieber Spezialitäten AG. As a result, the company, a veritable pearl of Lake Constance/Switzerland, remained an autonomous, independent family company.