page_title: Beher (company)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Beher (company) / History
caption_attribution_description: Español: Bodega de Jamones de bellota de la empresa BEHER, Bernardo Hernandez, en la D.O. Guijuelo (Salamanca, España). Se pueden observar miles de jamones en una bodega semisubterránea, probablemente la más alta de la D.O. Guijuelo, donde los jamones pasan su última fase de curación. Los jamones pasan un año o dos, según sean de recebo o de bellota.
context_page_description: Beher and also called Bernardo Hernández, is a Spanish ham producer company that has worldwide fame. It is situated in the town of Guijuelo, in the Protected Designation of Origin Jamón de Guijuelo. This third generation family company was founded in the 1930s and is now one of the 300 biggest companies in Castile and León.
  In 2001 and 2004 it was awarded "Best international company" during the International Fair in Frankfurt, the main international fair of meat products. Among the many products of Beher "Bellota Oro" stands out, in 2007, 2010 and 2013 it was awarded "Best ham in the world".
context_section_description: In the beginning of the 1930s, Bernardo Hernández Blázquez began his business in the sector of “Pig slaughter” using family experience to integrate completely into the market. In the 1970s the founder's son Bernardo Hernández García took the company’s management in his hands and began to rear Iberian pigs in his private pastures. Nowadays his sons manage one of the 6 best companies in the sector with 2% percentage of the market. The products of BEHER are exported to more than 30 countries all over the world such as Australia, Brasil, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia and the European Union.
  In 2010, new installations were inaugurated and now the size of the factory reaches 19.500 m2, including the highest cellar in the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) which is 8 meters high.
caption: Cellar of Acorn-fed hams of BEHER in Guijuelo.
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