We make your home
fresh and clean
in an easy and safe way
with innovative products
Our Group
The companies within our group develop and produce detergents and cleaning products as well as air fresheners. Within our organization we employ more than 200 people at the locations Herrenberg and Lemgo (Germany), Chur (Switzerland) and Istanbul (Turkey).
our mission statement
our values
- Our development approach incorporates environmental and societal considerations.
- Sustainability is important to us.
- We treat one another with respect and take a constructive approach.
- We encourage the continued professional development of all employees.
- We act in a socially responsible manner and ensure good working conditions across all divisions.
- Our success is attributable to all of our employees.
- Our responsible economic approach secures our future.
our guiding principles
- We are a reliable partner for our customers across the globe.
- We develop innovative product ideas for, and with, our customers.
- We manufacture high-quality products based on our longstanding experience.
- Our focus is on premium products for niche markets.
- We act quickly and flexibly in a chain organisation.
- Our strength lies in the variety of solutions and services available within our corporate group.
Board of directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for the overall management of the Buck Group and makes all fundamental strategic decisions.
Members:
Herbert Klumpp
Born in 1947, studied as an industrial clerk for business and market economy (BA) following an apprenticeship at colordruck in Baiersbronn. He later took over sales management tasks as authorised signatory at colordruck, where he later became Managing Director and ran the company for 23 years until his retirement. He has had links with Buck Chemie GmbH since 1974. Herbert Klumpp now works as a corporate consultant and has been a non-executive member of the Board of Directors since 2013.
Edgar Jaeschke
Born in 1953, was CEO of Buck Group from 2013 until he retired in 2015. He studied chemical engineering in Aachen/Jülich. He joined Buck-Chemie GmbH in Herrenberg in 1978 and was Managing Director of the company from 1985 to 2015. He has been a member since 2013 and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2019.
Dr. Jürgen Riegl
Born in 1956, law studies in Tübingen and Freiburg. After completing the doctorate, he joins the tax administration of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Since 1989 self-employed lawyer specializing in corporate and commercial law. Dr. Jürgen Riegl has been a legal advisor to Buck since 2000. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2019.
Management
The members of the management run the business of their division and the associated companies.
Werner Müller
Born in 1960, holds a degree in business administration, which he completed following several semesters of studying mechanical engineering in Pforzheim. He began his career at Hewlett Packard. Following posts at MOOG, he joined Buck-Chemie GmbH in 2012 as Sales Director and since January 2013 has been its Managing Director, as well as head of the Production Solids and Liquids.
Gül Bereket
Born in 1968, studied political science in Istanbul. Following various positions at Kraft and Danone in Turkey, she has worked for Buck Avrasya Ltd. since 2014. She has been Managing Director there and head of the New Markets Division since 2015.
Jürg Caprez
Born in 1971, studied economics in Chur, Switzerland, and is a qualified chartered accountant. Following his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he worked in various senior management positions in finance and accounting at a number of international industrial enterprises. Since 2014, he has been Managing Director of Buck Group AG and the Buck Group.
Thomas Schmitz
Born in 1966, trained as a chemical technician and industrial clerk at Henkel, where he worked and held several different positions. In 2000, he moved into the management of various companies in the chemicals sector. He has had a holding in Messing & Keppler GmbH since 2003 and was appointed Managing Director of ORO-Produkte Marketing International GmbH in 2007. He is head of the Sales Private Label and Production Liquids divisions.
Carsten Jaeschke
born in 1988, studied chemistry at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and holds a degree in chemistry. Before and during his studies, Carsten Jaeschke already worked as an intern and working student for the companies Buck-Chemie GmbH and Geting Solutions GmbH. After various positions as scientist, development engineer and project manager, he joined the Buck Group as project manager in 2020. Since 2021, he has been managing director of Buck Industries GmbH.
Our Innovation
Our long-established reputation is built on creativity and ingenuity. The powerhouse behind our innovative projects is the Research & Development division in Herrenberg.
We liaise with technical colleges, universities and research institutes to ensure that we always keep abreast of the latest technological developments. In addition to knowledge and skills in the chemicals field, we also focus on processing and packaging technologies.
The result of our innovative strength: we have created more than 50 patent families in Europe and over 15 other countries to date. A number of industrial design and design patents round off our portfolio of intellectual property rights.
Our
History
The swabian tinkerer and chemist Karl Buck invented the first WC-cleaning block and, aged 54, took the brave step of founding our company. His wife sold the first WC-cleaning blocks at her chemist’s store in Stuttgart. Buck-Chemie was set up in 1966 to begin industrial-scale production of the WC blocks. The company has grown steadily from that time onwards. Following Karl Buck’s death in 2010, the company was reorganised under the umbrella of Buck Group AG 2013, with a new forward-looking strategy.
Karl Buck
The origins of Buck Group date back to Karl Buck, who founded Buck-Chemie.
the creation of Buck-Chemie GbmH
Karl Buck was a chemical engineer who in his spare time developed various products for his wife, Anna Buck, who ran a pharmacy. During the 1950s, when the standard toilet-cleaning product was concentrated hydrochloric acid, he began researching a safer method of cleaning. The result: the predecessor of today’s WC cleaning block – a product to be hung in the toilet, distributing cleansing power with each flush. It was registered with the German patent and trade mark office in 1965 as “WC-66”. This laid the foundation for Buck-Chemie GmbH, which Karl Buck founded in 1966. He worked at the company for the rest of his life.
about Karl Buck
Karl Buck was born on July 24th, 1912 in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. His life was shaped mainly by his experiences in the period after WWI, as well as his time as a soldier and as a prisoner of war during the second world war. Buck was a trained lab technician and chemical engineer.
Karl Buck was actively involved in shaping the company’s fortunes right up until his death on October 16th, 2010 at the age of 98.
Our quality
Our production facilities comply with the highest quality standards.
All production facilities are certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 (quality management), DIN EN ISO 14001 (environmental management), IFS HPC (quality and safety) as well as A.I.S.E. guidelines (voluntary undertaking to comply with the “sustainable washing and cleaning charter”).
Buck-Chemie GmbH is also certified pursuant to DIN EN ISO 50001 (energy management).
We manufacture in Germany in compliance with all German environmental and product safety laws.
Your contact
Headquarters
Buck Group AG
Bahnhofstrasse 7
CH-7000 Chur
Phone: +41 44 8600066
info [at] buck-group.com
buck-group.com
Research & Development
Buck Industries GmbH
Hertzstraße 1
D-71083 Herrenberg
Phone: +49 7032 9769-32
Fax: +49 7032 77176
info [at] buck-industries.de
buck-group.com
Production Solid
Buck-Chemie GmbH
Hertzstraße 1
D-71083 Herrenberg
Phone: +49 7032 9769-0
Fax: +49 7032 77176
info [at] buck-chemie.de
buck-chemie.de
Production Liquid and Powder
Messing & Keppler
Abfüllbetrieb GmbH
Im Hengstfeld 47
D-32657 Lemgo
Phone: +49 5261 28862-0
Fax: +49 5261 28862-10
info [at] messing-keppler.de
messing-keppler.de
Sales Private Label
ORO-Produkte Marketing
International GmbH
Im Hengstfeld 47
D-32657 Lemgo
Phone: +49 5261 28893-0
Fax: +49 5261 28893-48
info [at] oro-marketing.de
oro-marketing.de
Office Istanbul
Buck Avrasya Ltd. Şti
Alemdağ. Yanyol Cad.
SBK İş Merkezi No:5 D:3 Üsküdar
TUR-34692 İstanbul
Phone: +90 216 7061893
Fax: +90 216 4434655
info [at] buckavrasya.com
buckavrasya.com
Legal notice / Desclaimer
Buck Group AG
Bahnhofstrasse 7
CH-7000 Chur
Phone: +41 (0)44 860 00 66
info [at] buck-group.com
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Privacy Statement
1. Scope
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1.2 Protecting your personal data is important to us, in particular, protecting your per-sonal rights when we process and use your personal data. Below, we inform you about the collection of personal data when you visit our website. The term personal data includes all data relating to you personally, for example, your name, postal address, e-mail address, and user behavior.
2. Automated Data Collection and Processing
2.1 As with every other web service, our server collects information automatically and stores it temporarily in server log files unless you deactivate such collection. If you view content on our website, we collect the following data which for technical rea-sons we need if we are to display the contents of the website to you and to ensure the stability and security thereof (legal basis: Article 6 (1) f) of the GDPR):
- the IP address of the computer from which the inquiry is sent;
- the file inquired about by the client;
- the http response code;
- the Internet page from which you are visiting (referrer URL);
- the date and time the server inquiry is sent;
- the type and version of the browser used; and
- the operating system on the computer sending the inquiry.
No server log files are evaluated in association with an individual person. The provider is not able to allocate the data to any specific person or persons at any time. The da-ta is not merged with data from any other sources.
2.2 This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (hereinafter, “Google”). Google Analytics uses small text files, referred to as cookies, which are saved on your computer to facilitate analysis of your website use. The information generated by cookies regarding your use of this website typi-cally is transmitted to and saved on a Google server located in the United States. If and when IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will truncate your IP address for transmission among member states of the European Union or to other member states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and then truncated. At the request of the operator of this website, Google will use the information to evaluate your use of this website, to compile re-ports on website activity, and to provide the operator of this website with other ser-vices relating to website activity and Internet use.
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We use Google Analytics regularly to analyze and enhance the use of our website. The resulting statistics allow us to improve our offerings and make them more interest-ing for you, the user. In exceptional cases in which personal data is transmitted to the United States, Google is bound by the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework). The legal basis of our use of Google Analytics is Article 6 (1) p. 1 f) of the GDPR.
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3. Collection and Processing of Data Provided on a Voluntary Basis
3.1 Generally, your provision of your personal data to us through our website (your last name, first name, e-mail address and/or postal address) is voluntary. This data is used to manage your contract, process your inquiries and/or your orders, perform our own market research or opinion polls, and make decisions regarding the ad-vertising materials we send out by mail and/or e-mail. The personal data you pro-vide will not be used in any other way; in particular, it will not be transmitted to third parties for advertising purposes, market research or opinion polls. We will erase the data collected from you when saving such data no longer is required or, de-pending on statutory retention obligations, we will restrict the processing of such data. The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) b) of the GDPR or Article 6 (1) f) of the GDPR.
3.2 On our career page you can apply for speculative or concrete job offers. Your data (name, e-mail address, contact details, application documents) will only be pro-cessed in the context of the respective job offer (Art. 6 (1) b) of the GDPR) or with-in the scope of your consent to the use for further job offers (Art. 6 (1) a) of the GDPR). If you have given us your consent to process your application data, you can revoke this at any time.
Note on sensitive data: We expressly draw your attention to the fact that applica-tions, in particular CVs, certificates and other data submitted by you to us, may contain particularly sensitive information about mental and physical health, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical convictions, membership of a trade union or political party or about sex life.
If you provide us with such information in your online application, you expressly consent that we may process this data for the purpose of processing your applica-tion. This data will be processed in accordance with this privacy statement and the applicable legislation.
The data transmitted will be deleted in the event of rejection or negative notification of your application no earlier than 3 months after the end of the application proce-dure. This does not apply if legal provisions oppose the deletion or if further stor-age for the purpose of providing evidence is required or if you have agreed to longer storage.
4. Transmission to Third Parties
To the extent you provide us with personal data, we will not transmit any such personal data to any third party, except
- to the extent you consented to such transmission: When data is collected you will be informed of the recipient or categories of recipients;
- as part of the processing of your inquiries and/or your orders and your use of our services: to subcontractors commissioned by us to whom we transmit only such data as is required to fulfill the respective assignment and such contractors shall use such data for specific purposes only;
- as part of processing activities pursuant to Article 28 of the GDPR: to external service providers whom we have selected diligently and have commissioned and who are bound by our instructions and by the provisions of the GDPR and are controlled on a regular basis; and
- in compliance with legal obligations: to parties authorized to obtain such personal data.
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6. Time of Storage
Your data will only be used as long as it is necessary for the existing customer rela-tionship, unless you have given us your consent or we have a legitimate inter-est in further processing. In this case we process your data until you revoke your consent or until you object to our legitimate interests. Notwithstanding this, we are obliged by commercial and tax law to store your address, payment and order data for a pe-riod of ten years.
7. Your Rights
7.1 You have the following rights vis-à-vis us regarding your personal data. You have the right to
- access,
- rectify or erase,
- restrict processing,
- object to processing, and
- portability.
Please forward all inquiries in writing Buck Group AG, Bahnhofstrasse 7, CH-7000 Chur, e-mail: info [at] buck-group.com.
7.2 In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervi-sory authority if you are not satisfied with our processing of your personal data.