Chronological table

1846 Founded as "Marquart's Lager chemischer Utensilien

1872 Carl Gerhardt takes over the company and company premises purchased at 100 Bornheimer Street in Bonn.

1884 First Kjeldahl unit - developed by Gerhardt

1910 Re-named "C. Gerhardt, Fabrik und Lager chem. Apparate

1939 Business suspended due to 2nd World War. Amazingly, the buildings in Bonn remain intact.

1945 In May, work starts again. Much of the old stock is made available to hospitals.

1960 Dr. Wolfgang Macke - son of the expressionist painter, August Macke - takes over.

1975 Dr. Til Macke takes over the management and successfully guides the company into the 21st century.

1976 The trading business is sold to concentrate on equipment construction. Construction of the first Vapodest, the rapid steam distillation equipment series, which is still successfully sold today.

1987 Gerhardt UK founded as direct subsidiaries.

1992 Gerhardt France founded as direct subsidiaries.

2003 Company moves from the old premises in Bonn to the Oberdollendorf district of Königswinter.

2009 Jan and Tom Macke take over the company from their father, Dr. Til Macke