1OO YEARS BODE CHEMIE The ’brand of the century’ as a benchmark Pathogens don‘t stand a chance here: in a brightly lit hall, square bottles made of whitish plastic stand in a seemingly endless row in holders on a conveyor belt. They move at high speed from station to station. At the front, the bottles are automatically filled with a light blue liquid. Further back, the caps are screwed on. Finally, the bottles are labelled, packed and stored in the warehouse for shipment: it won‘t be long before a new shipment of Sterillium® hand disinfectants is on its way from HamburgStellingen to customers in around 50 countries around the world. ‘We have invested a total of 13 million euros in this new production line in 2022. We now have one of the most modern production facilities for disinfection products in the world,‘ says BODE Managing Director Alexander Schwieger. ’If necessary - as was recently the case during the COVID-19 pandemic - we can increase our production capacity very quickly and significantly In 2024, BODE Chemie GmbH will be 100 years old. Since its foundation, the company has set standards in the field of hand and surface disinfection. Today, as an important part of PAUL HARTMANN AG, it can support its customers more comprehensively than ever before in the prevention of infections with modern products and multimedia training as well as consulting services. without having to compromise on product quality. The ability to continue supplying customers from the company‘s traditional headquarters in Germany also proved to be an advantage during the pandemic’. The first 25 years: start & restart BODE has been producing in the Stellingen district of Hamburg since 1929. However, the company began just a few kilometres from here: On 16 January 1924, pharmacist Dr Kurt Bode founded his ’Bacillolfabrik Dr Bode & Co.’ in a backyard in the district of Winterhude on the Outer Alster. Bacillol® was one of the first commercially available disinfectants at the time. But Kurt Bode was also a chemist and scientist. As such, he was constantly striving to optimise his disinfectants for various applications through practical research. This enabled the young company to expand its product range in the 1930s: Baktol® and Baktolan® disinfectants for use in hospitals were launched. 100 years of innovation –BODE Chemie GmbH 4
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