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17.07.2025 - Mainz - Company-News

Change in Management at Werner & Mertz

Sales professional and industry expert Martin Hötzel has been the managing director of the Werner & Mertz subsidiary Erdal-Rex GmbH since 1 July. In this position he assumes responsibility for the cleaning products manufacturer’s German business in consumer brands, including the trusted brands Frosch, emsal and Erdal.

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26.06.2025 - Mainz - Company-News

Robert Habeck congratulates Werner & Mertz on one billion bottles of 100 percent Post-Consumer Recyclate

On 23 June the counter jumped to one billion. That’s the number of rPET bottles made of 100 percent used plastic (Post-Consumer Recyclate) Werner & Mertz has brought to market since the Recyclate Initiative was founded  in 2012. The world record was celebrated by the Mainz manufacturer of cleaning products with 300 guests on site and more than 70,000 viewers via livestream. Highlight of the Frosch event: Werner & Mertz owner Reinhard Schneider spoke about sustainable business with the former Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck in the talk show Die Zuversichtlichen. 

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23.06.2025 - Mainz - Company-News

Werner & Mertz sets a world record: one billion bottles of 100 percent Post-Consumer Recyclate!

Another milestone: Effective immediately, Werner & Mertz will begin converting the rPET bottles for the Frosch brand to 100 percent recyclate from the Yellow Bag! With the achievements of its initiative, Werner & Mertz demonstrates that it is possible to offer effective, verifiably resource-sparing products which do not demand that consumers give up quality, performance or sensory experience.

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18.06.2025 - Mainz - Company-News

Frosch shows: Nothing is as strong as Nature itself!

Pan-European media campaign for the well-known trusted brand from Mainz links quality and ecology. Quality encompasses the formulas’ cleaning performance, gentleness to skin, the value preservation of materials and the protection of natural resources.

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27.05.2025 - Mainz - Company-News

Werner & Mertz signs private Power Purchase Agreement

Two wind turbines in the wind farm operated by SelzEnergie in Selzen, Rhineland-Palatinate, generate direct electricity for the medium-sized enterprise in Mainz, resulting in cost savings of 22 percent compared to conventional green electricity offerings for the same amount of power.

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14.05.2025 - Mainz - Company-News

Werner & Mertz commits to protecting mangrove forests

Mainz family-run company has entered into a long-term cooperation with the species protection organization AGA (Aktionsgemeinschaft Artenschutz). The shared goal is the conservation and protection of mangrove forests in Kenya.

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