As the name suggests is "Burmester" from the German word "Mayor" (Mayor) - since the family from the small town in northern Germany Moelln came. In 1730, Henry Burmester and John Nash founded one grain in London under the name Burmester & Nash. In 1750 the company moved to Vila Nova de Gaia and they started shipping from Port to the British Isles and the rest of Europe.
