We can define ourselves as a real repair workshop<\/strong>, which takes care of both the aesthetic<\/strong> and the functional<\/strong> side. To find out more about the history of the Dutch brand<\/strong> and the quality it represents, read on or contact us<\/strong> to find out how much each piece costs and receive a free quote<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#383838″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.labottega-delrestauro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sfondo-9.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”80px||0px||false|” box_shadow_style=”preset7″ box_shadow_horizontal=”0px” box_shadow_vertical=”-120px” box_shadow_color=”#ffffff” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ admin_label=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ededed” custom_padding=”60px|60px|60px|60px” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”Poppins|700||on|||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “When, in 1898, Wilhelm Van Berkel<\/strong> manufactured the first slicing machine<\/strong> to make the slicing of cold meats<\/strong> less tiring and more satisfying, he certainly did not think that, within a few years, his name would echo throughout the world<\/strong>. However, his invention, which responded to a real need and provided a real advantage<\/strong> for sausage makers, was soon appreciated.<\/em><\/p>\n Slicing machines<\/strong> then began their march of penetration<\/strong>, and Berkel’s worldwide<\/strong> presence<\/strong> began to grow on all five continents<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n In fact, after just one year, the first factory<\/strong> was up and running and over a hundred machines were launched on the Dutch market, rising to six hundred the following year. (…) However, it was still within the borders of a single country: Holland<\/strong>. But Van Berkel’s idea, a truly ingenious <\/strong>and in its own way revolutionary idea<\/strong>, deserved more.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ specialty=”on” padding_left_2=”15px” padding_2_tablet=”|||0px” padding_2_phone=”|||0px” padding_2_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”3.22.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”80px|0px|80px|0px|true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ specialty_columns=”2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”3.25″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.labottega-delrestauro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/officina-per-restauro-di-affettatrice.jpg” alt=”officina-per-restauro-di-affettatrice” title_text=”officina-per-restauro-di-affettatrice” _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”Poppins|700||on|||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “And so, very soon, “Berkel”<\/strong> began to be in<\/strong> demand on foreign markets<\/strong> (…). Presented at major international trade fairs, Berkel received its first official recognition<\/strong>. Over the years, they won the coveted gold medals at the Nord-Hansen<\/strong> (1904), Hamburg<\/strong> (1907), Dusseldorf<\/strong> (1908), Lyon<\/strong> (1913), San Francisco<\/strong> (1916) and Paris<\/strong> (1937) Fairs<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n During the First World War, the Van Berkel factory<\/strong> also built internal combustion engines, parallel lathes and aeroplanes for the Dutch army, but soon after these factories were abandoned in favour of slicing machines<\/strong> and scales<\/strong>. In 1929, the<\/strong> first bascules<\/strong> were built”.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n “But even before then, the expanded and modernized factory in Rotterdam<\/strong> was no longer able to meet the demands of every nation, and the construction of factories in various countries followed at a rapid pace<\/strong>: Denmark (1905), Sweden, Belgium and Switzerland (1909), the United States, South America, Norway, Germany and France (1911), England (1913), Austria, Czechoslovakia and Italy (1924)<\/strong>, Canada (1929), Spain and Portugal (1939). The Second World War<\/strong> hit several Berkel factories hard<\/strong>, starting with the one in Rotterdam<\/strong>, but the prestige of the name and the tenacity of the managers were a sure guarantee for the rebirth<\/strong>: from the smoking ruins rose factories even more modern and better equipped than the previous ones.\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#383838″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.labottega-delrestauro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sfondo-9.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”80px||0px||false|” box_shadow_style=”preset7″ box_shadow_horizontal=”0px” box_shadow_vertical=”-120px” box_shadow_color=”#ffffff” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ admin_label=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ededed” custom_padding=”60px|60px|60px|60px” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”Poppins|700||on|||||” header_text_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “It is not easy to calculate the number of machines that leave the various Berkel factories every day<\/strong>, but it is not far-fetched to say that they certainly exceed a thousand<\/strong>. It should be added that this production hardly follows the ever-increasing demands of the market. Each factory, although generally dedicated to all three “Berkel” products (slicing machines, scales and automatic tilting machines)<\/strong>, has specialised in certain types, which are better suited to the needs of the surrounding market. Rotterdam takes special care of high-class slicers and industrial tilting machines<\/strong>, Brussels of special scales, Zurich of characteristic industrial tilting machines, London of large slicers<\/strong>, and La Porte (U.S.A.) of industrial slicers”.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”Poppins|600||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#761621″ header_font_size=”40px” header_line_height=”1.2em” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-76px|||0px” custom_margin_phone=”-76px|||0px” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”|||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”25px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] \r\n From a vintage article:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Berkel in the world: increasing demand from the foreign market<\/strong><\/h2>\n
New Berkel factories spring up<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Production in foreign markets<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Berkel factories in the world<\/h1>\n
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