BEECK Information

In 1894, the company founder Ludwig Beeck established his business in Breslau with the development and production of pure active silicification mineral paints based on water glass. He achieved inseparable bonding between the coating and microporous substrate with BEECK Pure Crystalline Finish, a mineral paint system suited for particularly valuable historical building materials in interior and exterior areas. These original formulae are still used today for the conservation of built heritage and impress with their large colours diversity and their enormous durability. A new and less expensive product category, synthetic resin emulsion paint, meant hard times for a resolute mineral paint manufacturer during the construction boom of the 1950s and 1960s. Mineral paints were nearly forgotten and structural damage caused by the improper use of synthetic resins on porous mineral building materials increased. Despite the clear trend towards synthetic resin emulsion paints, BEECK’schen Farbwerke remained true to the development and production of pure, natural coating systems. Based on its experience with pure mineral paints made of lime and water glass, the company invested in developing pure plant-based paints. The AGLAIA Natural Paints brand created in 1968 has rounded off the BEECK product portfolio meaningfully ever since then. The following owner, Gerhard Osterle, as a specialist in mineral and natural paints, also especially dedicated himself to their continued development. With the construction of the new production facility in 1972 in Laichingen, in the Swabian Alp region, he invested in modern machines, an in-house development and application laboratory and outstanding specialists as the most important knowledge carriers. The tradition of building had changed in the past decades, and with it came new requirements for high quality and modern coating materials.