Milestones

1926   Rudolph Läderach senior opens a bakery in Netstal in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland

1962 Chocolate maker Rudolf Läderach junior starts up his own company in Glarus

1970 He invents and patents a revolutionary “process for producing thin - sided hollow truffle shells”

1981 Confiseur Läderach GmbH & Co. KG is established in Germany. The company’s first own shop opens in Glarus first overseas exports

1984 Jürg Läderach joins the company

1994 Rudolf Läderach junior hands the company over to his son Jürg Läderach

2004 Confiseur Läderach acquires Merkur Confiserien AG

2006 The new sales and distribution centre and warehouse is opened in Bilten, Glarus

2008 Introduction of new corporate branding and opening of the first show stores at the Merkur boutique in Zurich and Berne.

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