Tag: Wepa
Toilet paper maker Hakle finds buyers for brand names
Hakle toilet paper The family business has found a buyer for its German naming rights. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Dusseldorf The toilet paper manufacturer Hakle, which has slipped into bankruptcy, has…
How Jürgen Heindl established himself in the paper industry
Landau, Offenbach an der Queich In Jürgen Heindl’s world, the small is sometimes just as important as the big. It took him big vision, big machines and big investments to…
High energy costs accelerate the conversion
Andreas Plesske “We’ve been investing in regenerative energies for a long time, but since the outbreak of the war we’ve directed investments in these energy sources to a significantly greater…
High energy costs accelerate the conversion
Solar park in North Rhine-Westphalia Many companies are using the crisis as an opportunity to become more energy efficient. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin The energy crisis is accelerating the green…
East Germany’s top-selling company goes into British hands
Dusseldorf The telecommunications wholesaler Komsa merges with the British IT wholesaler Westcoast. The complete takeover by Westcoast is to take place by 2025, as the company from Saxony announced last…
“Want to be a pioneer in cell culture meat”
Michael Hahnel “Meat grown from cells is an important topic for the future – in ten years at the latest,” the boss of the Rügenwalder Mühle is convinced. (Photo: Rügenwalder…
„Gaspreisbremse muss zügig umgesetzt werden“
Martin Krengel Der Vorstandschef des Hygienepapierherstellers Wepa konnte mehr als zehn Prozent des Gasverbrauchs einsparen. (Foto: Dirk Hoppe für Handelsblatt) Düsseldorf Die Herstellung von Toiletten- und anderen Hygienepapieren ist energieintensiv, die…
Industry fears price shock due to Ukraine crisis
natural gas More and more industrial companies are worried that the gas supply could be interrupted. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin, Zurich Russia’s threatening backdrop is in place: The gas price…
Otto and Beiersdorf support impact funds
Dusseldorf With his platform, Christian Albrecht offers a possible solution to an urgent problem in the health sector. Few clinics are digitized, the processes mostly outdated and slow with paper…