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Dragoco

A fragrance and flavour firm founded in 1919 by Carl-Wilhelm Gerberding and August Bellmer, merged with Haarmann & Reimer in 2003 to form Symrise.

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The record

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Name
Dragoco
documented

Carl-Wilhelm Gerberding and August Bellmer found Dragoco in 1919

SYMRISE-HISTORY · Symrise · read 2026-10-08

confidence B

Kind
aroma-chemical company
house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the grouping on /houses: what the firm was chiefly known for in the sources read

confidence B

Founded
1919 (year)
documented

Carl-Wilhelm Gerberding and August Bellmer found Dragoco in 1919

SYMRISE-HISTORY · Symrise · read 2026-10-08

confidence B

Founders
  • Carl-Wilhelm Gerberding
    documented

    Carl-Wilhelm Gerberding and August Bellmer found Dragoco in 1919

    SYMRISE-HISTORY · Symrise · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

  • August Bellmer
    documented

    Carl-Wilhelm Gerberding and August Bellmer found Dragoco in 1919

    SYMRISE-HISTORY · Symrise · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

Places
not on record
Documented work
not on record
What it became
  • merged into Symrise, with Haarmann & Reimer (2003)
    documented

    Symrise is forged with the merger of Haarmann & Reimer and Dragoco.

    SYMRISE-HISTORY · Symrise · read 2026-10-08

    confidence B

Today
no longer a company of its own: part of Symrise since 2003 (checked 2026-10-08)
documented

The Symrise Group was formed in 2003 with the merger of Haarmann & Reimer and Dragoco

SYMRISE-HISTORY · Symrise · read 2026-10-08

confidence B

Wikidata
Q1254754
documented

"qid": "Q1254754"

WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation) · read 2026-09-30

the Wikidata item read for this house (its English label: Dragoco)

confidence A

Sources

  1. SYMRISE-HISTORY · Symrise. “Our history”, the company’s own account. www.symrise.com/our-company/our-history/ · read 2026-10-08 · all rights reserved; no reuse licence (quoted, not reproduced)
  2. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0

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this record as data: /data/house/dragoco.json · version 1 · updated 2026-10-08 · confidence B