HVG Hop Processing Cooperative

HVG Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft e.G. (HVG) is a German registered cooperative that processes and markets German hops. It is headquartered in Wolnzach, Bavaria, directly next to the German Hop Museum, and is a sponsor of that museum. The cooperative traces its origins to 1953, when the HopfenverwertungsGenossenschaft Hallertau e.G.m.b.H. was founded. From 1954 to 1968, regional cooperatives from Spalt, Hersbruck, Rottenburg-Herrenberg-Weil der Stadt and Rheinpfalz were combined as the Genossenschaftliche Hopfenverwertungs-Zentrale m.b.H. In 1968 HVG took a stake in the hop powder producer Hopstabil GmbH. In 1981 it invested in Hopfenveredlung St. Johann in Train, and in 1982 it founded HVG Hallertau Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH to acquire hop processing companies and to participate in the hop refining firm HVG Barth, Raiser & Co. In 2000, regional cooperatives from Hallertau, Elbe-Saale, Jura and Tettnang merged into today's HVG Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft e.G. HVG also became a co-shareholder in a biogas plant near Wolnzach that opened in 2012, using hop vine chips to generate biogas for 5,000 households. In 2020, the world's largest hop extraction plant of Hopfenveredlung St. Johann was completed in Train, in which HVG holds 40% alongside competitor BarthHaas. HVG's core business remains the processing and marketing of German hops for brewers and the hop trade, and it operates as a grower-owned cooperative rather than a listed company.

The cooperative was founded in 1953 as HopfenverwertungsGenossenschaft Hallertau e.G.m.b.H. From 1954 to 1968, regional cooperatives from Spalt, Hersbruck, Rottenburg-Herrenberg-Weil der Stadt and Rheinpfalz were combined as the Genossenschaftliche Hopfenverwertungs-Zentrale m.b.H. In 1968, HVG acquired a stake in the hop powder manufacturer Hopstabil GmbH. In 1981, HVG invested in Hopfenveredlung St. Johann in Train. In 1982, it founded HVG Hallertau Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH to acquire hop processing companies and to participate in the hop refining firm HVG Barth, Raiser & Co. In 2000, regional cooperatives from Hallertau, Elbe-Saale, Jura and Tettnang merged to form HVG Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft e.G. In 2012, HVG became a co-shareholder in a biogas plant near Wolnzach that uses hop vine chips and produces biogas for 5,000 households. In 2020, the world's largest hop extraction plant of Hopfenveredlung St. Johann was completed in Train, with HVG holding 40% alongside competitor BarthHaas. HVG's headquarters in Wolnzach is located directly next to the German Hop Museum, and HVG is a sponsor of the museum.

• 2020

  World's largest hop extraction plant of Hopfenveredlung St. Johann completed in Train; HVG holds 40% alongside BarthHaas.

• 2012

  Became co-shareholder in a biogas plant near Wolnzach using hop vine chips, producing biogas for 5,000 households.

• 2000

  Regional cooperatives from Hallertau, Elbe-Saale, Jura and Tettnang merged into HVG Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft e.G.

• 1982

  Founded HVG Hallertau Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH and participated in HVG Barth, Raiser & Co.

• 1981

  Invested in Hopfenveredlung St. Johann in Train.

• 1968

  Acquired a stake in hop powder manufacturer Hopstabil GmbH.

• 1954

  Regional cooperatives from Spalt, Hersbruck, Rottenburg-Herrenberg-Weil der Stadt and Rheinpfalz combined as Genossenschaftliche Hopfenverwertungs-Zentrale m.b.H. (until 1968).

• 1953

  Founded as HopfenverwertungsGenossenschaft Hallertau e.G.m.b.H.

Grower-owned cooperative focused on processing and marketing German hops, with investments in hop refining and renewable energy.

• Processed German hops

• Hop pellets

• Hop extracts

1. 1HVG Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaftde.wikipedia.org
2. 2Hop recycling cooperativewikidata.org