the Erwin Hymer Group (EHG) achieved record sales of $3.36 billion and is the market leader in Europe with a market share of 23.6% of new registrations the world’s leading manufacturer of recreational vehicles achieved a turnover of $10.04 billion with just over 22,000 employees and 186,908 vehicles sold as a European subsidiary with close to 8,900 employees and 55,317 vehicles sold contributed $3.36 billion to the total turnover The company thus achieved the highest turnover in its history and exceeded expectations The Erwin Hymer Group was able to increase its market share of new registrations in Europe by adding 3.5% of market share in the first half of 2024 With a total market share of 23.6% EHG is the leading manufacturer of recreational vehicles in Europe and is ranked first in several categories: “Our figures demonstrate the attractiveness of our brands and the high demand for our products we’ve succeeded in achieving our ambitious growth targets and significantly increasing our operating profitability This gives us the tailwind we need to implement our strategic goals in the areas of sustainability innovation and digitalization,” said Alexander Leopold The Erwin Hymer Group is a 100% subsidiary of THOR Industries the world’s leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles with just over 22,000 employees worldwide The Erwin Hymer Group unites motorhome and caravan manufacturers as well as motorhome and caravan accessory specialists hire and financing services under one roof The motorhome and caravan brands Buccaneer the accessories specialist Movera and the touring portal freeontour all belong to the Erwin Hymer Group Further information is provided at www.erwinhymergroup.com. © 2023 G&G Media Group LLC Precision Motors Deutsche Minebea GmbH (PMDM) acquires Mast Kunststoffe GmbH & Co.KG The transaction is part of a company succession plan and yet subject to the approval by the antitrust authorities The acquisition of Mast Kunststoffe by PMDM opens significant perspectives growth opportunities and synergies for the international group of companies PMDM strengthens and broadens its product range in the development and production of drive components The new owner aims to consolidate and expand the site in Bad Waldsee as a European competence center for precision plastic parts in the field of gear and drive components Mast Kunststoffe will continue to operate as usual under the new ownership the brothers Peter and Ulrich Mast see Mast Kunststoffe in good hands with PMDM both with regard to the continuation of the business and the future strategy Ulrich Mast said: “We are pleased to have found in PMDM a strategic and very dynamic partner with whom we have already worked well and trustfully for many years and with whom we can address the challenges of the future We very much appreciate that the new owner expressed his explicit wish to maintain and further expand all existing customer relationships.“ Peter Mast added: “The continuation of the company by PMDM secures and strengthens the jobs of our employees This has been an important goal of the succession plan.“ The Mast brothers will continue to be available to the new owner and the employees in their function as managing directors for the coming years Precision Motors Deutsche Minebea GmbH is the largest motor development center in the international network of the Japanese MinebeaMitsumi Group In addition to drive systems for the industry and the automotive sector PMDM’s product portfolio also comprises hard disc drive motors highly efficient electronically commutated BLDC motors and energy harvesting systems PMDM currently has around 400 employees in Villingen-Schwenningen Mast Kunststoffe was founded in 1960 by Franz Mast as a plastics processing company and made itself a name with the manufacturing of precision plastic parts in an at that time still new industry Ulrich Mast became the new managing shareholders at the beginning of the 1990s and developed the company into one of today’s leading suppliers of tool-bound plastic gear and drive components Mast Kunststoffe employs 130 people at its site in Bad Waldsee Carlsquare acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Mast Kunststoffe GmbH & Co.KG Thor Industries is hosting its 2019 Investor Day today at the Erwin Hymer Museum in Bad Waldsee where the company’s management team will unveil their long-term strategic goals to analysts and investors The event will feature presentations by Bob Martin and provide an in-depth overview of Thor’s global operations while setting out long-term goals for net sales “We are excited to showcase our new international operations and to introduce investors to the products and operations of EHG at our 2019 Investor Day,” said Martin “Our management team is focused on the long-term goals of our business We make our strategic and operating decisions based not just on the next year but the next five years or more we are pleased to share our long-term performance goals with the investor community.” Thor’s long-term strategic plan seeks to expand the company’s international leadership position within the recreational and outdoor space while achieving measurable performance goals Thor’s management team outlined three specific strategic goals to be achieved by the end of fiscal 2025: “These long-term goals reflect management’s key priorities and our confidence in both our EHG acquisition and our strategic plan,” said Martin but a copy of the presentation slides shown at the event has been posted on the company’s investor relations website but a video of the opening remarks and a transcript of the Q&A session will be available for download on the company’s website by the end of the day on Tuesday an old classic has returned to Liebherr: the Form 30A/35 tower crane Restoring the Liebherr Form 30A/35 took over a year The Liebherr Tower Crane Center in Bad Waldsee boasts a new attraction: a Form 30A/35 tower crane originally built in 1969 loaned it to Liebherr at the beginning of January The Liebherr fan discovered the crane in 2008 and saved it from being scrapped working for years to return it to its original functional state Before the crane could be assembled at Liebherr it was disassembled and transported 350 kilometres from Aschaffenburg to Bad Waldsee Keim and a team of Liebherr mechanics reassembled the crane over two days “We’re excited that this part of Liebherr history has returned to us,” said Michael Goll head of global communication and organizational development at Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH many historical construction machines have been taken out of service and scrapped It’s important to us to preserve our history and Stephan Keim has made an important contribution to that.” From its discovery to the finishing touches it took over four years to breathe new life into the Form 30A/35 with the restoration itself taking about a year to complete “The crane was dilapidated when I acquired it,” said Keim The crane was completely rusty and many of its components were badly damaged or broken “Changing the screws of the ring gear alone took a whole day They are very difficult to reach,” he said he was able to buy and include numerous original and spare parts that Liebherr still has in stock and the company provided 120 litres of the original yellow varnish “But the driver’s cabin posed a big challenge,” he said so that they were indistinguishable from the original the crane has a UVV (accident prevention regulation) test badge and is once again fully operational The Liebherr Form 30A/35 was produced from 1962 until the mid-seventies About 3,000 models were built in that time Although it gradually vanished from construction sites the Form 30A/35 was the first of its kind constructed with tubular and hollow profiles instead of the previously used L-profiles Construction technology is advancing both on and off the job site On-Site goes in-depth on the latest steps forward in its Technology Report View Report Volume 10 - 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00382 In response to a wide-spread decline in forest vitality associated with acid rain in the 1980s liming of soils has been implemented in many federal states in Germany to buffer further acid deposition and improve availability of nutrients such as calcium and magnesium it may also increase vitality and depth of fine-root systems and hence improve the drought tolerance of species such as Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] which occurs mostly on acidic forest soils the influence of repeated liming on drought tolerance of trees has never been studied recovery and resilience of radial growth in P abies in relation to drought in limed and control stands and assessed how the dosage and interval between lime application and drought year influences the radial growth response of P abies trees of six experimental sites in south–west Germany An analysis of the radial increment over the last 30 years allowed the analysis of drought events shortly after the first liming (short-term effect) as well as posterior drought events (mid- to long-term effects) Generalized linear models were developed to assess the influence of drought intensity site and period since first liming on the drought tolerance of Norway spruce there was no general increase in drought resistance of Norway spruce in response to liming drought resistance of radial growth improved on a loamy site that was additionally treated with wood ash 30 years after the first lime application recovery and resilience of radial growth after severe drought events were generally better in spruce trees of limed treatments This indicates a shorter stress period in spruce trees growing on limed soil which may reduce their susceptibility to secondary even more than 50 years after lime application the lime dosage in that experiment was extremely high (10 t ha−1) To what extent repeated applications of lime actually improve drought tolerance of single trees or forest stands remains unclear There have been no studies on the growth response during (resistance) and following drought years (recovery and resilience) in relation to the dosage and number of lime applications as well as the interval between lime application and the drought event the hypotheses addressed in this study were: abies in relation to drought are higher in limed than in control stands (2) Effects of liming on radial growth resistance as well as the period between lime application and drought event The study sites are part of a long-term liming experiment in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, which was initiated in the beginning of the 1980s. We selected six sites (Table 1) which are located in different climatic regions and representing typical forest soils in those regions The sites are distributed over an area extending 270 km in north–south (Heidelberg to Bad Waldsee) and about 120 km in west-east (Herzogenweiler to Hospital) directions They represent a broad and typical variety of Norway spruce stands in South–West Germany Sites are characterized by a homogeneous topography to exclude expositional effects on tree growth Summary information on main characteristics of the experimental sites Previous liming had either no (soil depth 21–60 cm) or only a moderate effect (soil depth 0–20 cm) on pH liming had considerably increased base saturation especially in the top mineral soil at 0–20 cm depth meaning that the risk for deficiencies in basic nutrients – which may occur at these low soil pH levels – had been reduced after liming Mean pH values and base saturation (BS) in upper (0–20 cm) and lower (21–60 cm) mineral soil layers at study sites (measured before liming campaign 2015) Also, liming lead to higher numbers of fine roots, mainly in the topsoil. This effect was strongest at the Herzogenweiler site and weakest at Hospital (Figure 1) Fine-root densities (tips per dm2 soil) in 0 to 60 cm soil depth at study sites (measured before liming campaign 2015) Gray box plots indicate the control group; white box plots denote the liming treatment growth properties observed in trees from both treatments have been within the normal range being typical for Norway spruce stands in Baden-Württemberg (BWI III) Dendrochronological indices (mean sensitivity (ms) cross-correlation between single series (rbar) and the expressed population signal (EPS) for P abies trees from all study sites and treatments and 2015 were detectable as drought years at four study sites The most extreme single drought event was detected 1983 in Weithard where a SPI value of −3.48 was reached After the start of the liming experiment in 1985 only two extreme drought events have been detected with SPI-3 value of −2.35 in Bad Waldsee in year 2003 and SPI-3 value of −2.13 in Horb in year 2015 Summary of the SPI-3 values calculated for the months June to August of the current year we calculated these drought tolerance indices as follows: We used generalized linear models (GLMs) to analyze to what extent factorial variables such as “treatment” (limed control) or “site” and continuous variables such as “stand age at drought event,” “site index,” and “time period between first liming and drought year” (Δt) explained variation in Rt we intended also to test the “time period between the last liming and drought year” (Δtlast) and the “total dosage of lime applied at drought event.” However as a result of the temporal distribution of the three lime applications and the identified drought years we had finally too few data to establish models including these latter two variables we also assigned corresponding Δt values so that we could test in joint models whether possible Δt effects could exclusively be attributed to liming or occurred also in non-limed control plots We used GLMs as our target variables were mainly not normally distributed and could also not be consistently normalized through common transformation methods We fitted separate models for each of the three drought intensity types (moderate The model parametrization was done stepwise considering all available continuous and factorial variables Non-significant variables were excluded from the model if this led to a simpler model with a more favorable AIC (Akaike’s information criterion) We also considered interactions between variables especially between site and treatment to check for site-specific liming responses where we found models with a positive response to liming we additionally tested the influence of time period between first liming and drought year by adding the variable Δt to the best model of the corresponding target variable All data analysis was done with the software R 3.4.4 Tests for normal distribution were conducted using the package “nortest.” Generalized linear models were fitted using the “gls” function from the package “nlme.” Model selection was done using the package “MuMIn” based on AIC Model visualization was carried out using the package “visreg.” the limed site had initially lower radial increments than the control but within 5 years after the lime application it reached the growth level of the control the long-term mean radial increment ranged between 2 and 3 mm year−1 abies trees in limed treatments (gray lines) and controls (black lines) of the different study sites Lime application started in 1985 (dashed line) Model results showed that site was the predictor variable that explained most variation in resistance of P. abies across all drought intensities (Table 6) Model results (glm) for the BAI resistance (Rt) to drought of P In moderate drought years, the BAI in spruce trees at Horb was not reduced and at all other sites only slightly reduced, respectively (Figure 3A). The strongest growth depression of 15% compared to the pre-drought level was detected at Hospital. In the second best model, we also found for the factor treatment a significant effect. However, the effect size was almost negligible as the resistance (Rt) was only 3% better at limed than at control sites (Table 6) We also tested models considering potential interactions between site and treatment but no site-specific treatment effect could be detected recovery “Rc” (C,D) and resilience “Rs” (E,F) of detrended annual basal area increment in relation to moderate (upper panels) and severe drought years (lower panels) at the different sites (blue lines: modeled values of Rt Rc and Rs; gray bands: confidence interval for the expected value; dark gray dots: residuals) In years classified as severe droughts, we found no treatment effect at all but the site-specific resistance to drought (Rt) varied considerably. At Heidelberg, Horb and Weithard, radial growth was reduced to less than 70% of the pre-drought level, whereas only a slight reduction at Bad Waldsee (−6%) and Hospital (−5%) and almost no change of Rt at Herzogenweiler could be observed (Figure 3B) Interaction model (Site × Treatment) for the resistance of radial growth (rt) in extreme drought years expressed as the difference (ΔRt) between control and limed treatment Extreme drought events (SPI ≤ –2) occurred only in 2015 at Horb and 2003 at Bad Waldsee (plots created by R function “visreg type = contrast,” therefore confidence bands are not given for the reference “Limed”) modeling included only moderate and severe droughts as for the second of the two detected extreme drought events (2003 at Bad Waldsee and 2015 at Horb) post drought year tree-ring data were not available (sampling at Horb in summer 2016) and the remaining sample size was not sufficient to establish valid models Model results (glm) for the BAI recovery (Rc) of P Also for the growth resilience after drought (Rs) site was the most important predictor in models for both drought intensities Model results (glm) for the BAI resilience (Rs) of P all sites with high growth resistance to severe droughts (Bad Waldsee Hospital) also showed favorable Rs indices ≥ 1.0 Model results (glm) testing the influence of time period after liming (Δt) on BAI recovery (Rc) and resilience (Rt) of P abies after severe drought (SPI −1.5 to −1.99) This study investigated whether the drought tolerance of Norway spruce can be improved through repeated lime applications Our results showed that there was no general increase in drought tolerance after liming Differences in the radial growth response during and after drought years depended on drought intensity and were in most cases to a greater proportion explained by site than by liming the timing of the identified drought events of different intensity in combination with the number and dosage of lime applications must be considered when interpreting our results There was no general treatment effect of liming on resistance of radial growth the response of Rt to liming in Norway spruce was almost negligible; only 3% higher than in control trees This weak response of Rt to liming corresponded with small growth changes in moderate drought years across all sites investigated which is a silvicultural option to improve stability and vitality of trees through enlarging their growing space These studies showed that radial growth reduction in larger trees with presumably larger individual root systems (from heavy thinning) was as large as that of trees with less growing space It demonstrated that the size of the root system does not confer any advantages if the entire soil profile falls dry during drought years We may assume that the same would apply to root systems that may be more intense as a result of liming The advantage that liming could provide during drought years is therefore an increase in deep roots that would ensure that tree may access soil or ground water for longer periods Severe droughts were dated between 1985 and 2003, only at Bad Waldsee we identified a severe drought in 2015 (Table 5). This means that our models for severe droughts mainly included data from the first 18 years of the experiment considering the short to mid-term effect of the first lime application in 1985 only (3 t dolomite ha−1) whereas the fine-root distributions shown in Figure 1 were assessed in 2015 and therefore influenced through the second distinctly higher application rate of lime in 2003 (6 t dolomite ha−1) the lime dosage in that study was distinctly higher (10 t ha−1) than the commonly applied quantity of 3 t ha−1 which was also the dosage of the first liming in our study namely in 2003 at site Bad Waldsee and in 2015 at site Horb we found also no treatment effect on the resistance of BAI suggesting that the assumptions discussed above already for severe droughts can be applied here The second liming that occurred at this site in 2003 is unlikely to have had any direct impact on the growth reaction in that drought year as again slowly soluble dolomite rock powder was applied even if the dosage of 6 t ha−1 was the double quantity of the first application in 1985 so that limitations in the foliar potassium nutrition cannot be excluded there whether improved stomatal control may be responsible for such a strong increase in radial growth resistance is questionable The response of Rc and Rs to liming was different depending on the drought intensity we found no treatment effect on both response variables All sites showed resilience indices of at least 1.0 which means that growth returned completely to its respective pre-drought level at all sites This was not unexpected as it corresponded to the only little growth changes of Rt in moderate drought years so that the absence of a treatment effect also for Rc and Rs was not surprising This higher recovery was only possible because trees in these thinning experiments that were carried out at other sites were more strongly affected during the drought (lower Rt values of less than 0.5) than in the liming experiments the treatment effect of liming was only of moderate size with an Rc and Rs improvement of +8% and +6% it must be seen that this positive response to liming was the result of once-only applications of dolomite rock powder in the common dosage of 3 t ha−1 our results provided evidence that already after a single lime application a measurable improvement of drought tolerance in Norway spruce can be achieved in the short- to medium-term Since we have no data on fine-root distribution sap flow or foliar element contents for this period it is not possible to point to the underlying mechanisms We could not find any influence of Δt on the recovery or resilience of radial growth after severe droughts severe droughts occurred predominantly in the 18-year period after the first lime application Perhaps this time period was not long enough to detect any time effect of liming in our models especially when considering that the observed effect of liming on Rc and Rs was only of moderate size the period of changing stand age was relatively short so that the absent “stand age effect” in our models was reasonable This is the first study that tested the influence of repeated lime applications on the growth response of Norway spruce trees to droughts of different intensity across a variety of sites in south-western Germany We showed that liming did not generally reduce the impact of drought during the event if liming increased water holding capacity of the soil improved the maximum rooting depth to increase the soil volume from which trees can extract water or fostered physiological drought responses such as stomatal control to reduce transpiration The latter two may have occurred to some extent at one site that was additionally treated with wood ash 30 years after the first lime application leading to high concentrations of soluble potassium in soil Despite the lack in stress reduction during drought events liming improved the drought tolerance of trees In contrast to the assumptions in previous studies our results indicated that even a single lime application can lead to moderate improvements of growth recovery and resilience after severe droughts Even if this liming effect was only moderate it may help to reduce the stress period in trees which in turn may reduce the vulnerability to secondary This is particularly relevant in case of Norway spruce MK made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study JK was mainly responsible for data acquisition and has participated in data analysis and writing JH made substantial contributions to data acquisition and interpretation of data KW and JB contributed to data interpretation and writing This project was funded through grants by the KLIMOPASS program (Grant Number 4500511252/23) provided by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of the Environment the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture within the pilot project “Nährstoffversorgung von Wäldern” and the University of Freiburg in the funding programme “Open Access 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community who has given us new impetus with their creative ideas and DIY conversions.” The company’s president also says future production camper and motorhome models will use some of the solutions seen in this concept but the concept itself won’t go into production Van life exclusive: Hymer presents the concept car VisionVenture  roof and rear patio with BBQ and pneumatic pop-top roof: developed in collaboration with BASF the Mercedes-Benz-based concept vehicle VisionVenture breaks new ground in terms of design self-sufficiency and lightweight construction The concept car offers a foretaste of what modern travel could be like in 2025 It combines the pioneering spirit and innovation of Hymer with more than 20 innovative materials from BASF in order to offer a forward-looking response to current and future industry trends First tandem axle on SLC chassis: the Hymermobil B-Class MasterLine 880 This year has already seen Hymer GmbH & Co KG set new standards in the premium segment with layouts 780 and 790 of the Hymermobil B-Class MasterLine an integrated vehicle combining state-of-the-art body shell design and high-quality equipment with unique design highlights the company has come up with a unique new layout: measuring an impressive 8.89 metres long by 2.35 metres wide it is the first tandem-axle vehicle on an SLC chassis from the house of Hymer The size of the vehicle gives it a whole new feeling of space without compromising on driving comfort which is guaranteed by the stabilising action of the tandem axle Full equipment package on a new chassis: the edition model Exsis 580 “Pure” Hymer customers can look forward to a new edition model of this popular range the special edition offers a comprehensive equipment package that leaves nothing to be desired in terms of driving and living comfort The model is available now at an attractive price in an integrated or semi-integrated version linear interior design with a generous feeling of space Special model featuring bicolour design: Hymer presents the Free 600 “Campus” KG is adding a special model to its popular Free camper van model range The Hymer Free 600 “Campus” on a Fiat chassis boasts a sporty bicolour paint finish and features numerous other equipment highlights the “Campus” can accommodate up to four people 2026 Jeep Compass Unveiled: Hybrid or EV With Up to 375 HP Veyron Designer Pens Boxy SUV With Pop-Up Lights Lotus Emira With Yellow Exhaust Tips Pays Tribute to an F1 GOAT Volkswagen's Three New Concepts All Look Ready for Production The Cadillac Celestiq Will Be as Rare as a Bugatti This Electric Buick Concept Looks Absolutely Beautiful Kingsbarns Golf Links is delighted to announce that Alan Hogg Alan has spent most of his professional career inGermany Most recently he spent seven years in charge of the upscale golf resort Golf & Vital Parkin Bad Waldsee in southern Germany where he focused on delivering a customer service focused strategy Alan earned an Open University Diploma in Golf Business Management in 2006 at the Institute of Sport The former PGA touring golf professional and European Challenge Tour member has also been active in coaching junior golfers and he was named Coach of the Year by the German PGA in 2002 He achieved Master Professional Status in 2007 and was only the 7th out of 2200 German PGA members to do so Located just seven miles south-east of the Home of Golf at St Andrews Kingsbarns Golf Links is a must-play seaside links course which regularly features in top 100 golf courses rankings in the world the golf course opened in 2000 and is set on land which gently slopes down towards the coastline so nearly every hole boasts spectacular views of the sea Kingsbarns prides itself in excellent customer service and great accessibility for tee times Visitors are treated as members for the day and enjoy assistance from the moment they step out of their car until they leave Kingsbarns Golf Links www.kingsbarns.com Following the news of the theft of over £2 million of stock from its Manchester warehouse last weekend Worldwide Golf Brands reports that the business is 'back up and running' with minimal disruption to the vast majority of its customers the business growth agency for UK and Irish golf clubs has launched a new marketing system that has delivered rapid advances in the service they deliver Brocket Hall has announced that world-renowned putting coach Phil Kenyon is to open a new state-of-the-art putting studio at the Hertfordshire-based venue GolfBusinessNews.com (GBN) is for the many thousands of people who work in the golf business all around the world We cover the full range of topics both on and off the course We aim to supply essential information both quickly and accurately in a format which is easy to use We are independent of all special interest groups Click here to sign up for our free twice weekly golf industry news summary View the latest newsletter here 5/7 High StreetDorchester-on-ThamesOxfordshire OX10 7HHUnited Kingdom publisher@golfbusinessnews.com © 1999-2025 e.GolfBusiness.com Limited | All Rights Reserved. | GBN Privacy Policy The Ferrari 360 Modena changed the sports car scene when it arrived in 1999 not that Ferrari had not known about carbon fiber considering they were the first to use carbon fiber in a supercar with the F40 they used a new aluminum space-frame chassis which was stiffer than its predecessor’s the F355 in 2002 V12 lovers were treated to a Pininfarina updated Ferrari 550 Maranello known as the 575M Maranello This saw the first ever conventional manual gearbox on a Ferrari V12 road car In the 360 Modena you get a 3.6 liter V8 that punches out 400 bhp with changes coming along through its production years 1999-2005 you get a 5.7 liter V12 that threatens the modern 458 Italia with its 508 hp and a top speed of 325 km/h before you even start wondering why these two cars fall under the same topic yet diversely positioned; it’s German wheel manufacturer Schmidt Revolution who has recently worked on two of these examples by giving them their wheels These two Ferraris were at the Spring 2013 WF-Tuning event in Bad Waldsee they were also fitted with a new coil over and each set to optimum height and website in this browser for the next time I comment Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement David Balai is head of  mortgage securitization and covered bonds at HBOS Treasury Services London As senior director at Bank of Scotland he was responsible for the first UK RMBS master trust securitization Within HBOS he was appointed head of mortgage securitization and covered bonds responsible for all mortgage securitizations including the Halifax mortgages through the Permanent master trust He was also responsible for the first UK covered bond transaction issued by HBOS in July 2003 As a member of the European covered bond team he is responsible for asset allocation and sector analysis in this market Before that he worked for two and a half years in the global markets research department at Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the International School of General Management Lars Dalitz is a portfolio manager responsible for covered bonds at the European Central Bank He joined the ECB in February 2004 following two years with Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH he was responsible for trading of covered and government bonds for all portfolios and for developing investment tools and a covered bond and inflation-linked bond strategy He has also worked for the Bundesbank and DEVI (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds GmbH) Heberlein is a managing director and head of European covered bonds at Fitch Ratings She is in charge of overseeing the methodological developments in the rating analysis of covered bonds issued by banks in various European countries with or without specific covered bonds legislation she was a product manager for asset-backed transactions at Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Wally Höfer-Neder is managing director and head of treasury of DEPFA Deutsche Pfandbriefbank From 2001 until the end of 2004 she was global head of capital markets for the DEPFA Group She positioned the bank in the international capital markets for Pfandbriefe and asset covered securities Mrs Höfer-Neder gained her knowledge of the bond markets while working for Commerzbank Carlos Stilianopoulos is managing director and head of capital markets at Caja Madrid in December 1998 he joined Caja Madrid as head of the origination and syndication division he has been head of capital markets in charge of origination fixed income derivatives and credit derivatives books for the institution He is also in charge of  funding for Caja Madrid You have reached the limit for gifting for this month "Are you going to be a banker or a diplomat?" his uncle Max asked him one day in Saint Moritz Those were the expected careers for someone like Rudolf Graf von Schönburg (1932) "What I'd really like to do is hotel management," he explained to his godfather who then financed his studies at the world's top hotel management college l'École Hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland says his chosen profession was "similar to that of the administrator of a castle" His aristocratic German family had three of those from where they governed the region of Schönburg-Glauchau for 1,000 years Count Rudi's early life in Saxony passed without incident Despite losing their aristocratic privileges with the advent of the Weimar Republic Only the rise of national socialism and the start of WW2 created a crack in the peaceful life of this man who has always described himself as "fortunate" but all that was to change after the loss of his father who died in a trench in Wroclaw barely a month before the end of the conflict The arrival of the Soviet army in Saxony after the partition of Yalta marked one of the most tragic chapters for his family who fled in a shooting brake and joined thousands of Germans heading west to seek refuge in Bad Waldsee Rudi found himself in some strange situations when people recognised him "It didn't enter their heads that I actually wanted to do that job," he said His family had lost their money by then and he was happy surviving on his meagre salary One day at the Badrutt's Palace Hotel in Saint Moritz saw him there and asked what on earth he was doing On 28 December 1956 Count Rudi arrived to work at the Marbella Club But he and Alfonso de Hohenlohe had great plans for it and they transformed it into a place for "people who know each other and do things together" and the world- famous establishment it is today Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados The exhibition gives a deep insight into the research of a passionate art historian who dedicated his ilfe in great intensity to the study of Asia Minor in Late Antique and Byzantine as well as Seljuk and Ottoman times.