{"id":19,"date":"2026-08-03T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goerner-group.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:26:47","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goerner-group.com\/en\/unternehmen\/geschichte\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15795e62 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"15795e62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227bab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"227bab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"de-AT\">\n<head>\n<meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\n<title>Goerner \u2013 History<\/title>\n<!--\n  GESCHICHTE-Seite (Post 19, Unterseite von Unternehmen). 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The common thread throughout all these years: extracting the best from cardboard and not wasting a single thing.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goerner-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alt3_600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Historical record from the Goerner company archive\">\n        <figcaption>From the company archives<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- 2 \u00b7 TIMELINE -->\n<section class=\"gh time\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <ul class=\"line\">\n\n      <li class=\"ev\">\n        <span class=\"yr\">1923<\/span>\n        <h3>The foundation stone<\/h3>\n        <p>Wilhelm Goerner Sr. establishes a cardboard packaging business in Klagenfurt. From this foundation, everything else grew over the following decades.<\/p>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goerner-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alt1_600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Historical record from the Goerner company archive\">\n          <figcaption>From the company archives<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"ev\">\n        <span class=\"yr\">1972<\/span>\n        <h3>Second generation<\/h3>\n        <p>Wilhelm Goerner jun. takes over the operation, expands the capacity and builds a second plant in Klagenfurt.<\/p>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goerner-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/alt2_600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Historical record from the Goerner company archive\">\n          <figcaption>From the company archives<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"ev\">\n        <span class=\"yr\">2006<\/span>\n        <h3>New leadership, first location abroad<\/h3>\n        <p>Elisabeth Goerner takes over the management of the company. The same year, the production site in Lugoj, Romania, is established for the mass series production of packaging made of cardboard.<\/p>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goerner-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DSC_0690_600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo from the Goerner plants around the turn of the millennium\">\n          <figcaption>From the company archives<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"ev\">\n        <span class=\"yr\">2010<\/span>\n        <h3>Introduction to molded pulp<\/h3>\n        <p>With the acquisition of Formpack, the production of fiber-based molded parts will also be added, and with that the closed loop: cardboard scraps become a second product. Wilhelm Siller-Goerner becomes managing partner.<\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"ev\">\n        <span class=\"yr\">2013<\/span>\n        <h3>A group<\/h3>\n        <p>The individual companies will be merged into the Goerner Group in order to leverage synergies and pave the way for further areas of expertise.<\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"ev\">\n        <span class=\"yr\">2014<\/span>\n        <h3>Room for innovation<\/h3>\n        <p>The founding of Goerner Bionics, where research is conducted on transferring principles from nature to packaging. This later led to GBfiber, the packaging made from pure cellulose fiber with ISEGA approval for contact with food.<\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"ev\">\n        <span class=\"yr\">2026<\/span>\n        <h3>Work in Mexico<\/h3>\n        <p>The newest location, which has been in operation since 2026, aims to bring a customer closer to their market. Manufacturing takes place where the product is delivered, rather than across continents.<\/p>\n      <\/li>\n\n      <li class=\"ev now\">\n        <span class=\"yr\" style=\"background:#eceadf;border-color:#c9c6b8;color:var(--ink)\">Today<\/span>\n        <h3>An independent group, three countries<\/h3>\n        <p>Carton, molded pulp and laminated solutions from a single source, independently managed and set up to stay that way.<\/p>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goerner-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/g008_600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Goerner today\">\n          <figcaption>Today<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n      <\/li>\n\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- 3 \u00b7 HEUTE \/ HALTUNG -->\n<section class=\"gh today\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <span class=\"eyebrow\">Nothing has changed<\/span>\n    <h2>We still think in decades.<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"lead\">New locations, new materials, new processes, and still the same basic attitude as at the beginning: get the best out of cardboard, think in cycles, and take work off the customer\u2019s hands instead of adding to it.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- 4 \u00b7 CTA -->\n<section class=\"gh cta\">\n  <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <h2>You want to know what's going on today? Let's talk about your component.<\/h2>\n      <a href=\"\/en\/contact\/\">Contact us\n        <svg width=\"18\" height=\"18\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M5 12h14\"\/><path d=\"M13 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goerner \u2013 Geschichte Unternehmen \u00b7 Geschichte Seit 1923 in einem Werkstoff gedacht. Aus einer Kartonagen-Werkstatt in Klagenfurt ist \u00fcber drei Generationen eine unabh\u00e4ngige Unternehmensgruppe geworden, die heute in \u00d6sterreich, Rum\u00e4nien und Mexiko fertigt. Der rote Faden \u00fcber all die Jahre: aus Karton das Beste herauszuholen und nichts davon zu verschwenden. 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