The Peppermint Group
We develop innovative textiles across the entire value chain for the corporate, protection, mobility, industrial, interior and fashion sectors. We also create personalised special solutions for the most highly specific and complex requirements.
Run by the General Managing Partners Ingeborg Neumann and Marcus Baumbach, the industrial group was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin. Ingeborg Neumann also volunteers her time for the industry in her role as President of the Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion Industry.
With over 600 employees and seven locations in Europe – four of them in Germany – the Peppermint Group generates an annual turnover of approx. €90 million.
Innovation is the driver of our success – even outside the textile world. We are involved with various start-ups as well as two German venture capital funds that invest in young technology companies in the areas of life sciences and medical technology.
Peppermint Group Milestones
since
1883
ZKS and Ertex
1997
Founding of the Peppermint Group; this includes the acquisition of ZKS, Ertex and Color Textil
since
2000
Engagement Venture Capital
since
2001
ZKS Miletin in the Czech Republic is acquired
since
2005
Ertex International is founded in Romania
2017
A major fire breaks out at the Color Textil finishing factory in Frankenberg and results in a temporary shut-down
2019
Ertex International: New construction of a production hall in Codlea, Romania
2019
Start of the technical center: AMCC (Advanced Materials Competence Center)
2019
Investment in blockchain technology to protect product counterfeiting through interest in authentic network
2020
Investment in ETHCL Food Labs with the brands OH MY DOUGH and TSAMPA
The Management
Advancing the company together with the Peppermint team – utilising strengths, adding value, leading responsibly.
INGEBORG NEUMANN Founder & Managing Partner
“Corporate responsibility and social commitment are key to the way we think and act. Our long-term success relies on sustainable management and supporting the community that nourishes us.”
MARCUS BAUMBACHManaging Partner
“Our focus is on establishing and maintaining client relationships that are based on partnerships. High product quality, unconditional delivery reliability and a passion for innovations are the key elements.”
