A company with perspective

BIOFA-Naturfarben was founded in 1976, after the La-Roche accident in Seveso, as a daughter company of a homeopathic enterprise. The goal was to offer products that did not contain chlorinated hydrocarbons; the necessity to found such a company was proven by the damages caused by Bayer-Desowag products.

BIOFA's founder, graduate engineer Werner Hahn, carried his experience in the production of homeopathic porducts over to the production of natural paints, oils waxes, varnishes, enamels, as well as care and cleaning agents. BIOFA created and employed a range of basic principles that defined the span of applicable raw materials and their processing chain. Based on these principles, BIOFA designated its products as healthy natural paints.

In 1983, BIOFA-Naturfarben became an independent enterprise in its own right and changed its name to BIOFA Naturprodukte W. Hahn GmbH one year later.

The enterprise was conceptualized as a family-run business from the beginning and all actions were oriented towards the healthy development of all divisions. The focus of the work was always to fulfill the company's own expectations for the products' natural and technical quality while simultaneously considering the technical requirements of the market.

Thus, BIOFA has always been a modern company that consistently utilizes the opportunities presented by technical advancement.

Special attention was paid to the training and continuing education of the employees, as working with natural materials requires a different fundamental attitude than working with cehmical constituents. A very good company culture and the long period of employment of many of our employees attest to the success of the compnay's course or action.

Founder Werner Hahn and the Fondation Board, together with highly qualified employees, have successfully prepared for the future. In recent years, measures have been taken to bolster the campany's financial return and productivity, which has led to a slimming of the product range, an impovement in the operating porcesses from product development to shipment, an adjustment in prices, an optimization of employed human rexouces and their qualifications, a reduction in costs through the building of our own know-how in modern communications techology and a modern marketing presence and a clear market strategy for the coming years.

Seit der Gründung im Jahr 1976 legt BIOFA großen Wert auf einen ganzheitlichen Qualitätsansatz. Das heißt: BIOFA verfolgt und überprüft genauestens die Qualität und Sicherheit ihrer Produkte vom Ursprung der Rohstoffe bzw. Inhaltsstoffe über die Herstellung bis hin zum fertigen Produkt und dem anschließenden Recycling-Prozess. Das Vertrauen und die hohen Erwartungen der Verbraucher in die TOP BIOFA Qualität wird zudem durch namhafte Qualitätssiegel bestätigt. Denn alle BIOFA Produkte unterliegen strengen Prüfkriterien, die in der Regel weit über die Vorschriften des Gesetzgebers hinaus gehen. Die Qualität der Produkte und auch die Rohstoffe werden von unabhängigen Instituten mit modernsten Prüfmethoden geprüft. Wodurch nationale und internationale Standards gesichert sind.

Since its founding in 1976, BIOFA has valued its holistic quality approach. That means that BIOFA examines in great detail and tests rigorously the quality and safety of its products from the origins of the raw materials to the production, to the finished product and the subsequent post-life recycling process. All BIOFA products are subject to strict testing criteria, which vastly exceed those recommended by government legislation. The quality of products and raw materials are also tested by independent institutes with the most modern testing methods; in this way, we guarantee compliance with national and international standards.