Benzing.

The beginning.

Independent clockmaker Friedrich Benzing in Villingen, Southern Germany has been making decorative clocks since 1863. Some time around 1890 his grandson Friedrich Ernst Jakob started to build clocks for the pigeon sport and in doing so encouraged pigeon racing to spread all around the world. For decades these mechanical clocks, of the best-possible quality, were manufactured and constantly adapted to the needs of pigeon fanciers

In 1996 the Austrian company GANTNER ELECTRONIC GmbH acquired the pigeon clocking business from BENZING and proceeded to develop an electronic pigeon timing system with the product name atis TOP. With this new development, BENZING expanded its market leadership even further and is now known as a pioneer in the field of electronic pigeon clocking. With the product generation BENZING M1 and BENZING Express G2, BENZING landed a major coup in pigeon racing. To date, these two clocks are amongst the most popular and most used pigeon clocks worldwide.

2014 marked the beginning of a new era for BENZING and thus for the entire pigeon racing sport. With the purchase of BENZING by Gantner Solutions GmbH, the longstanding managing director and innovation driver DI Michael Gantner M.Sc. returned to head BENZING. With the development of the new BENZING Live!, this old-established company again revolutionizes the pigeon racing sport and takes it into the 21st century from a technological point of view. With BENZING Live!, it is possible for the first time to access all data regarding clocked pigeons online, representing a world first.

Benzing Australia.

Kevin Clark Junior began racing when he was 16 years old in partnership with his mother Jean & they began flying under K & J Clark under the VPU federation. Between 1967 & 1969 they won three federations.

Kevin Clark Junior began racing again in 1975, this time on his own with the VPU Club of Thomastown. He was racing pigeons purchased by his father, the late Kevin Clark.

After some time off, Kevin decided to race again, this time with pigeons bred by the Smiths, namely, Gerald, W & M (Bill), and the legend Jack Smith.

He went on to breed some exceptionally successful pigeons and so the Clark family dynasty lives on- 70 years of pigeon history.

Benzing approached Kevin In 2006 with a vision to have an on the ground contact in Victoria. A month in, Benzing got back in touch with Kevin, this time congratulating him on an outstanding first month and offered him distribution for Australia.

The rest is history!