The Peppermint Group
Peppermint Holding GmbH is an owner-operated group of companies that employs more than 650 people.
We are driven by the joy of innovation, the desire for sustainable growth and the need to support the community that keeps us going.
The Management
The Management
Advancing the Group 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 Baumbach
Managing 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.”
History
Peppermint Group Milestones
How it all began.
1997
Founding of the Peppermint Group; this included the acquisition of spinning mill ZKS (yarn solutions since 1835), Jacquard weaving mill ERTEX (since 1883) and processing plant Color Textil.
since 2000
Engagement with Venture Capital
since 2001
Since 2001 the acquisition of the ZKS spinning mill in Miletin, Czech Republic.
since 2005
Jacquard weaving mill Ertex International is founded in Romania.
2017
Major fire at the Color Textil printing and finishing plant in Frankenberg, business unit closed as a result of the fire.
2019
Jacquard weaving mill Ertex International: New building and thus second production site in Codlea, Romania.
2020
Merger of the food start-up TZAMPAS, founded in 2018, with ETHCL Food Labs and continuation of the OH MY DOUGH and TZAMPAS brands.
2020
The first Peppermint Venture Capital Fund was successfully closed and as part of the transaction Peppermint Holding took over the investments in BICO Group AB and Cellact GmbH.
2021
After first investment in authentic.network in 2019, Peppermint invests again in blockchain technology against product counterfeiting.
2021
Investment in SmartLab Solutions. SmartLab Solutions develops and implements end-to-end solutions for lab digitalisation for both academic and industrial research.
2021
Investment in R3 Solutions GmbH in Berlin and thus investment in the new core segment Wireless Technologies & Sensorics.
R3 offers simple solutions for intelligent wireless controls of the future.
