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HISTORY
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OIL MILL
“From seed to final consumer” The oilseeds are transported to the oil mill mainly in bulk by rail, road or barge.
Silo systems are used to store the oilseeds. Transport and storage conditions have a decisive influence on the quality of crude oil.
During harvesting, we collect the domestic oilseeds in our silos with a capacity of approx. 70,000 t at the port of Hamm. Quality samples are taken from each delivery, which are then subject to a receiving inspection in our own laboratory. This ensures that only controlled goods are released for further processing.
The oil milling technology has been developed from scientific and nutritional knowledge. The mill is the “heart” of edible oil production. We process more than 1,500 tons of oilseeds per day. First the grains are cleaned, then rolled and finally pressed in modern screw presses.
Thus 2/3 of the oil is obtained and 1/3 is an extract from the so-called extraction.
1845
Purchase of the oil mill Hamm by Friedrich-Wilhelm Brökelmann under the company name Fuhrmann & Co.
1859
First extraction of mineral oil meant for the time being the end of vegetable oils as fuel or for technical purposes
1861
Renaming to
Brökelmann oil mill
1866
Development of margarine as a butter substitute from beef tallow
and skimmed milk for the navy (hence margarine)
1878
Replacement of water wheels by
turbines at Brökelmann
1902
Further development of margarine
into vegetable oil margarine
1907
Introduction of upright box presses
at Brökelmann
1914
Opening of the
Dattel-Hamm Canal
1924
Construction of an oil refinery
by Brökelmann
1934
Introduction of the screw presses
at Brökelmann
1938
Relocation of the oil mill to the
port area as its current location
1944
Explosion of the oil mill
at the Westentor
1945
Processing mainly
of soya and rapeseed oil
1950
Start of filling
in 1 l tin cans
1974
Patent application of the
brand name „Brölio“
1988
Introduction of the 1 l PET bottle,
the current packing size no. 1
1995
Introduction
of the 0.75 l glass bottle
1997
Introduction
of the 0,5 l glass bottle
1999
Introduction
of the 10 l Easy Box
2004
Introduction
of the 2 l PET bottle
2005
Introduction of the 10 l PET bottle
and the Unicube (IBC)
2010
Introduction
of the 3 l PET bottle
2012
Introduction
5 l PET bottle
2017
Commissioning of the new
filling line for 0.5 – 2 l containers
2019
Conversion and expansion
of the 10 l Bag in Box plant
2019
Conversion and expansion
of the 5 + 10 l PET plant