the nature network® stands for pleasant-tasting, effective, safe and innovative products and services covering all things relating to plants – from botanicals and their refinement into premium-quality base materials, to laboratory, consultancy and distribution services.

Milestones

• 1930: Founding of “Kräuterverarbeitungswerk Martin Bauer” (herb processing plant) by agriculturalist Martin Bauer in Vestenbergsgreuth
• 1952: Hans Wedel joins the company and expands its market position, making it the leading company in the field of herbal and fruit infusions
• 1980: Company enters the extract business with the founding of Plantextrakt
• 1986: Acquisition of the company Birkenweg – the phytopharmaceutical extract business begins
• 1989: Taking a stake in Finzelberg – expansion of extract business
• 1993: Founding of PhytoLab by spinning off Martin Bauer laboratory
• 1993 - 1997: Eastern European activities begin: taking a stake in Megafyt (Czech Republic), then later in Phytopharm Klęka (Poland) and Krasnogorskleksredstva (Russia), as well as founding of Multeafil (Poland) and Martin Bauer Polska
• 1997: Founding of the Business Division Europlant Group
• 1998: The company Paul Müggenburg and its subsidiaries become part of the group
• 2002: Repositioning group as the nature network®
• 2009: Merger of the Business Units Martin Bauer, Plantextrakt and Finzelberg into Martin Bauer Group, one of the three Business Divisions of the nature network®

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Staff

More than 2,800

Management team of the nature network®

Albert Ferstl
Helmut Hack
Peter Köhr
Adolf Wedel
Martin Wedel

Headquarters

Vestenbergsgreuth, Nuremberg region, Germany
Sites and branches in the key markets

Products and Services

• Herbal and fruit infusions, medicinal teas, flavoured black and green teas, botanicals, herbal powders, herbal, fruit and tea extracts, decaffeinated teas, tea flavours, active phytopharmaceutical ingredients and nutritional supplements (Martin Bauer Group)
• Testing for identity, purity and content; microbiological examinations; trace analyses of pesticides, mycotoxins, heavy metals and so on; development of analytical methods; shelf-life studies; reference substances; regulatory and scientific services (PhytoLab)
• Production and distribution of herbal pharmaceuticals exclusively via pharmacies in central and eastern Europe (Europlant Group)

Markets

The tea, beverage and phytopharmaceutical industries

Positioning

the nature network® stands for pleasant-tasting, effective, safe and innovative products and services covering all things relating to plants – from botanicals and their refinement into premium-quality base materials, to laboratory, consultancy and distribution services.