Tag: Middle class
Aequita takes over the traditional automotive supplier group IFA
Production at the automotive supplier Ifa In 2018, however, the company came close to bankruptcy. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The IFA Group is one of the traditional brands among German automotive…
Aequita takes over the traditional automotive supplier group IFA
Production at the automotive supplier Ifa In 2018, however, the company came close to bankruptcy. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The IFA Group is one of the traditional brands among German automotive…
Price rally brings companies in need
Lignite power plant Electricity and gas are more expensive than ever: companies that have not taken out insurance can expect costs to rise dramatically. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Christian Schabert is…
Start-ups: Financing record – yet there is still a lack of money
Julian Teicke (left), Verena Hubertz, Klaus Hommels The Wefox founder, the SPD politician and the investor are campaigning for better start-up financing. (Photo: Wefox Group, Carolin Lauer, Lakestar [Montage]) Berlin…
Start-ups: Financing record – yet there is still a lack of money
Julian Teicke (left), Verena Hubertz, Klaus Hommels The Wefox founder, the SPD politician and the investor are campaigning for better start-up financing. (Photo: Wefox Group, Carolin Lauer, Lakestar [Montage]) Berlin…
Start-ups: Financing record – yet there is still a lack of money
Julian Teicke (left), Verena Hubertz, Klaus Hommels The Wefox founder, the SPD politician and the investor are campaigning for better start-up financing. (Photo: Wefox Group, Carolin Lauer, Lakestar [Montage]) Berlin…
Sustainability yes, more bureaucracy no
Sustainability has long been an important issue for most companies. Word has not yet gotten around everywhere, however, about the EU Commission’s plans to combine the issue with very extensive…
Why companies may not be able to submit funding applications in 2022
research The middle class lacks its most important funding program. (Photo: age fotostock / Getty Images) Berlin There is a risk of an interruption of more than a year in…
Why companies may not be able to submit funding applications in 2022
research The middle class lacks its most important funding program. (Photo: age fotostock / Getty Images) Berlin There is a risk of an interruption of more than a year in…
Tchibo should become younger, more digital and more sustainable
From left: Michael and Wolfgang Herz The brothers’ families each hold around 40 percent of the Maxingvest Holding. Hamburg The heart of Tchibo beats on Überseering in City Nord, a…
Hawag wants to catch up with Lowa with new soles
Munich What Adolf and Rudolf Dassler were to Herzogenaurach, the brothers Hans and Lorenz Wagner were to Jetzendorf and Vierkirchen. Some of them built up the adidas and Puma sneaker…
Hawag wants to catch up with Lowa with new soles
Munich What Adolf and Rudolf Dassler were to Herzogenaurach, the brothers Hans and Lorenz Wagner were to Jetzendorf and Vierkirchen. Some of them built up the adidas and Puma sneaker…
Max Viessmann is now the sole head of the company – Co-CEO Joachim Janssen is retiring
Max Viessmann Since 2017 he has led the group together with Joachim Janssen, who is now retiring. (Photo: Sandra Steh Photography / Viessmann) Dusseldorf Max Viessmann is now alone at…
These are the 50 oldest family businesses in Germany
Engraving of the Siegen galvanizing plant The picture shows the company in Geisweid in 1909, it was one of the oldest companies in Germany. Dusseldorf The oldest family businesses in…
Financial investor Afinum acquires angling platform
Hubertus Massong The founder of Fishing-King started in 2009 with a classroom course to prepare for the fishing exam. (Photo: Fishing-King) Frankfurt The private equity company Afinum takes a majority…
Middle class still large despite heavy immigration
Houses in Saxony The Bertelsmann Stiftung study sees a crumbling middle class. (Photo: dpa) Last week, the social market economy once again had bad press: ZDF reported that the “German…
The industry underestimates the potential of its brands
Bosch at the IAA Many German industrial companies see little need for their own branding work. That could have consequences in international competition. (Photo: imago images / Manfred Segerer) Dusseldorf…
How Riegelein and Rübezahl benefit from their merger during the crisis
Cologne At the world’s largest manufacturer of chocolate Santa Clauses, the line rarely stands still: the chocolate Easter bunnies for next spring have been produced since the beginning of October.…
Corona measures: 2G – innkeepers are desperate
Entry only with 2G plus In Lower Saxony, only vaccinated and convalescent people with a current corona test have been allowed to visit restaurants since Wednesday. Other countries have followed…
Brockhaus joins Bikeleasing
cyclist Brockhaus acquires 52 percent of the company bike specialist. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Brockhaus Technologies AG has taken over the majority in BLS Bikeleasing-Service GmbH & Co. KG from Vellmar.…