Last weekend we reached a milestone with our photovoltaic system: 1,000,000 kWh! By the time that the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of the Environment visited us in 2007 to inaugurate what was then the largest photovoltaic system in our region, this figure was still unimaginable. Shortly afterwards, the system got increased from 64 kW to 75 kW. Now, an incredible one million kilowatt hours of green energy and over 500 tons of saved CO₂ have become reality. We will continue our work to protect the environment and are already looking forward to the summer!

It is very rare that we get to celebrate a party like today. Because today we bid farewell to Franz Joseph (“Jupp” for short) Stüken on the occasion of his 50th anniversary of employment into his more than well-deserved retirement! For half a century, Jupp was a just as reliable as skilled employee. For half a century, he was one of those employees, who can be described as the backbone of our company. We hope that Jupp Stüken is now enjoying his retirement and raise a glass to him! As to quote the freshly retired man: “Those who work hard can also celebrate hard.”

Whenever we can, we support our academical cooperation partners in preparing their pupils for the world of work. Most recently, this took place in form of a tech-project, which lasted several weeks. From October 30th to December 11th, six pupils from Balve secondary school spent time at our company once a week. Under the guidance of our maintenance foreman Mr. Maiwurm and our locksmith Mr. Teckhaus, they independently crafted a german boards game, including game figures and a dice. A lot of different types of metalworking were used in the process. We would like to thank the six boys for their commitment and good cooperation and wish them lots of fun playing!