Jutrzenka (company)

Jutrzenka is a food industry enterprise, set up in 1951 in Bydgoszcz from the aggregation of nationalized companies dating from the pre-war period.

Additionally, the Jutrzenka brand, owned by Colian Group, offers an array of sweet and confectionary products.

The company's origins have several roots: During the occupation, the three plants operated under German supervision, sending part of their production to the Wehrmacht.

[3] Before the end of the conflict, part of the machines and devices were exported to Germany, while products and raw materials were destroyed.

[4] In April 1945, the Soviet military authorities entered "Lukullus" Confectionery Factory on the register of facilities in Bydgoszcz to be dismantled and moved to the USSR.

As a matter of facts, exports to Western Europe, the United States, Canada and the countries of the former Soviet block doubled.

From 1993 to 1998, "Jutrzenka" provided financial support to the speedway club Polonia Bydgoszcz, which won several times the Polish Championship.

[4] In 2001, Jan Kolański, founder-owner (1990) of the firm Ziołopex, in Piątek Wielki entered "Jutrzenka"'s supervisory board.

The holding company, which focused on confectionery, culinary and beverage markets, then owned the following commercial brands: "Jutrzenka", "Jeżyki", "Familijne", "Akuku!

[11] Jutrzenka products are sold to the domestic market and also exported to more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia, North America and in the Middle East.

[19] In 2020, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the creation of the "Familijne" (Family Wafers), Corian Holding Group commissioned a mural to be realized at 51 Jagiellońska Street.

[22] Colian's line of products includes, apart from "Jutrzenka", the following commercial brands of sweets: In 2023, the group cash flow reached about PLN 1 billion and its workforce amounted to more than 2,500 people.

Advertising for Bracia Tysler factory, 1938
Former plant Nr 2 at Warmińskiego Street
Former plant Nr 3 at Garbary Street
Former plant Nr 4 at Świętej Trójcy Street
Housing estate on the plot of the former plant Nr 3, at 5 Garbary Street
2014 Factory in Osowa Góra district