Tag: family business
Viktoria Schütz’s difficult journey into her parents’ company
Victoria Schuetz The 38-year-old studied global management and marketing and lives in Berlin and in the Rhön. Dusseldorf Deguma-Schütz is a machine builder in the 5,000-inhabitant village of Geisa in…
“Germany is the brake on ecology”
Mainz Reinhard Schneider lives up to his reputation. The owner of the frog cleaning agent manufacturer Werner & Mertz is known for vociferously criticizing his own industry. “Companies try to…
Efficient cooling – Plastics specialist Rehau saves huge amounts of electricity
Dusseldorf For many industrial companies, the energy-intensive part of their production involves heat. They have to generate so-called process heat, for example in order to be able to melt and…
Founding family secures control at Messer
Dusseldorf The largest private industrial gases manufacturer Messer gets a new shareholder in the Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and restructures the group. This was announced by the family-run Messer…
Pilz invests in digital security technology
Susanne Kunschert and Thomas Pilz The siblings run the automation technology manufacturer Pilz. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The automation technology provider Pilz continues to grow and in 2022 it had the…
Electricity for industry and households should become cheaper
Dusseldorf When it is particularly sunny or windy in Germany, there is sometimes more electricity from renewable energies in the grid than is necessary. This puts a strain on the…
Verena Pausder succeeds Christian Miele
Dusseldorf/Berlin According to information from the Handelsblatt, the Federal Association of German Startups will have a new chairperson. After almost four years as CEO, Christian Miele does not want to…
Verena Pausder succeeds Christian Miele
Dusseldorf/Berlin According to information from the Handelsblatt, the Federal Association of German Startups will have a new chairperson. After almost four years as CEO, Christian Miele does not want to…
Germany boss promises falling food prices
Lidl supermarket Inflation increases the sales of discounters. (Photo: IMAGO) Bad Wimpfen The German boss of the discounter Lidl, Christian Härtnagel, gives customers hope that food prices will soon fall…
“We are the fire brigade for purchasing”
Ralph Buehler The head of Conrad Electronic wants to double sales on his online marketplace every year. (Photo: Conrad Electronics) Dusseldorf The family business Conrad Electronic has turned its business…
What Viessmann’s heat pump deal reveals about the energy transition
Dusseldorf Is it the beginning of the sell-out of German medium-sized companies or the rescue of the heat pump business in Germany? A political debate on this question began after…
Henkell Freixenet expands its leading position in sparkling wine on the world market
Sparkling wine from the house of Henkell Despite good figures, the manufacturer, like the entire industry, had to struggle with some problems in the supply chain. (Photo: imago images/Manfred Segerer)…
Sovereign wealth fund is negotiating entry into industrial gases group Messer
Messer CO2 recovery system: The gas group could soon get the sovereign wealth fund GIC as a new partner (Photo: obs) Frankfurt, Dusseldorf The German industrial gases manufacturer Messer wants…
“Even in crises there are winners”
Holger Blecker The manager has been the boss of Breuninger since 2017. (Photo: Breuninger) Stuttgart Despite the crisis in the industry, the fashion retailer Breuninger increased its sales significantly last…
Giesecke + Devrient is transforming into a digital group and cannibalizing itself
iPhones Modern cell phones like the iPhone 14 use virtual SIM cards, the so-called e-SIMs. This is a rapidly growing business for Giesecke & Devrient. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The transformation…
Würth expects significantly lower growth in 2023
Dusseldorf After a record year, Würth CEO Robert Friedmann is “cautiously optimistic about 2023” despite the many economic and political imponderables, but is curbing expectations. In the current year, he…
Thermomix direct sales remain stable, but profits collapse
Dusseldorf While Tupperware, the pioneer of direct party sales, is in financial distress, Vorwerk sold 1.5 million Thermomix units in 2022, as in the previous year. The people of Wuppertal…
Cheese is more expensive than ever
Berlin Germans are currently paying 50 percent more for semi-hard cheese than a year ago. According to the Federal Statistical Office, cheese is one of the foods that has become…
“We would sell to Nestlé again”
Stefan and Anne Lemcke The start-up show “Die Höhle der Löwen” (The Lion’s Den) made her company, Ankerkraut, known nationwide. Today, the entrepreneurial couple invests in various start-ups themselves. (Photo:…
“We would sell to Nestlé again”
Stefan and Anne Lemcke The start-up show “Die Höhle der Löwen” (The Lion’s Den) made her company, Ankerkraut, known nationwide. Today, the entrepreneurial couple invests in various start-ups themselves. (Photo:…