Great decision for the industrial plant in Wildeshausen a brand-new iron foundry will start its operations next year as announced by the managers of the company HYDROTEC Technologies AG the approval procedures with the authorities are proceeding cooperatively so that this ambitious plan can soon be realised HYDROTEC Technologies AG is a family-managed German company that produces manhole covers and drainage channels It operates worldwide with successful country representatives The partner foundry ERKON in Turkey currently produces some of the standard products for drainage technology The decision to build a modern iron foundry in Germany on a green field site may surprise at first but Jürgen Unewisse cites good reasons for choosing this location you are planning to build a modern iron foundry in Wildeshausen What is the current planning status and how does the cooperation work with the authorities the planning is completed and the building permit has been submitted in accordance with the Federal Emission Control Act The cooperation with authorities works well as each side concentrates on its responsible tasks FP: The global trend is outsourcing of casting to other regions in the world What are the arguments for Germany as an industrial location Jürgen Unewisse: Germany is an industrial country metal production and metal processing are the great strength of our industry With the right equipment and process management any production in Germany can produce economically Which part of Germany's investments is climate-related Jürgen Unewisse: I cannot imagine that a company would make such an investment only for this reason but it certainly affects the CO² footprint Jürgen Unewisse: The idea is to prepare the company for the future and to establish it well on the market FP: Which capacity are you aiming for the new foundry plant must be considered as an addition to our foundry partner ERKON We will concentrate on certain groups according to the plant technology The capacity will be around 20,000 tonnes per year FP: The HYDROTEC Foundry Wildeshausen could become a European beacon project what are you planning in terms of equipment Jürgen Unewisse: Being a " beacon " is not our motivation but we act from an economic point of view – with a little risk should always use the most innovative possibilities if it wants to survive on the market on a long-term basis This is how we started the planning of the foundry If the "lack of personnel" or the "personnel costs" are identified as challenges we must focus on the optimal use of digitisation and its logistical processes in the process chain as well as its workflows transport doesn't make a product more valuable how do you ensure the energy supply for the foundry plant Jürgen Unewisse: Electricity is our main source of energy The problem of electricity is not a supply problem it is not the price itself that is important but the price in the international comparison we will cover part of the energy demand with PV systems FP: A high-tech foundry should be a pole of attraction for young people How do you rate the situation on the labour market to recruit the right employees Jürgen Unewisse: Recruiting staff is certainly not an unimportant point in a project like this You must consider the expectations of a potential employee towards his or her employer Specialists and managers are recruited on the labour market We are mainly searching for people who are interested in helping to build up a production this form of professional self-fulfilment is a big bonus in terms of employer attractiveness FP: Investing in the future is an important point for a family-operated company What is the strategy of HYDROTEC Technologies AG in terms of family tradition Jürgen Unewisse: Maybe I am not the right person to answer this question but let me try to explain: HYDROTEC was founded 55 years ago and is now being managed by the second generation This kind of challenge is a generational task FP: The groundbreaking for the new foundry is scheduled on 01 July 2023 We are looking forward to the first casting and we wish you and the whole team good luck HYDROTEC Technologies AG is a family-managed company based in Wildeshausen The company produces manhole covers and drainage channels as well as road caps and products for gardening and landscaping the different companies of the group were united under the name HYDROTEC Technologies AG The company operates worldwide and sells highly innovative products various Formula 1 racetracks as well as international airports or the luxury Palmtree Island in Dubai have been fitted with drainage technology from Wildeshausen in Germany The company's goal is based on the production of innovative quality products through short delivery distances and process efficiency 130 employees work at the site in Wildeshausen focused on advanced technology and constant further development I would like to receive the bi-weekly Foundry-Planet newsletter with all latest news Plus the special newsletters – all can be cancelled anytime and at no cost GALESBURG — Fifteen students from Germany are visiting Galesburg until next week They are here as part of an exchange program at Galesburg High School that has been going on since 2012 a college prep school in northwest Germany visiting Galesburg and Chicago for three weeks I need to come here again and again and again the students were participating in a cooking activity They made a variety of German and American food Gurkensalat (German cucumber salad) and Ofenkartoffeln (German baked potatoes) March 14 in Chicago and travelled to Galesburg where they were greeted with a dessert bar they took classes with their host students and took tours of other District 205 schools the host students take the German students to nearby cities “I went with my host to Springfield,” Madeleine Marowksy Marowsky said this exchange program has been a good experience so far but in an absolutely good way,” Marowsky said I'm really enjoying this kind of personality.” The students will leave Galesburg next Wednesday and tour Chicago with their host students for three days which the Germans are very excited about,” Lea Kaminiarz said She is one of the instructors from Wildeshausen This exchange program is part of the Goethe-Institut’s German American Partnership Program which is sponsored by the German Foreign Office and the U.S GHS German teacher Eric Spindler used to work in Tucson an English and history instructor at Gymnasium Wildeshausen Spindler said the program has been great for the students “It’s just really good to expose American students to German students and how they live “It’s got person-to-person diplomacy at the student level Ben Zigterman: (309) 343-7181, ext 255; bzigterman@register-mail.com; @bzigterman Connect with our staff on topics that matter to you via email or request a reprint Place classified and announcement notices or grow your business with advertising and marketing solutions French young dressage professional Gwendal le Stunff tragically passed away in a car accident on 3 March 2024 Gwendal lived in Gesvres in the Loire where his parents have their own breeding stable which mainly focuses on Lusitano breeding Between September 2018 and August 2020 Le Stunff did his apprenticeship to become a professional rider with French Olympian Jessica Michel-Botton at Haras de Hus in Le Petit Mars He moved to Germany and rode for Dressurstal Sandbrink as well as for private clients His first competition in Germany was in June 2021 and he showed a string of horses at regional shows in Germany and Holland through October 2023.  He qualified Nobilisyade NVDW (by Habanna x Fruhling) for 2023 Pavo Cup semi-finals in which he finished 53rd In December 2023 he moved to the Wahler's stallion station Klosterhof Medingen where he had picked up a riding position The Wahler familu announced the passing of Le Stunff on their social media The station posted today: "It is with deepest and unbelievable sadness that we say goodbye to Gwendal le Stunff Our French rider has been working with us since the end of last year He was taken from life completely unexpectedly last weekend he quickly became an important member of our team Both his riding skills and professional handling of the horses as well as his funny and cheerful personality leave a big gap Our condolences go out to his family and his girlfriend Pauline." Gwen's last post on social media on 28 February He wrote 'We all need a good reason to wake up on the morning'Le Stunff passed away in the night of 2 to 3 March 2024 in a car crash on the A1 motorway between Wildeshausen and Groß Ippener According to the Alhorn police "a 27-year-old from Uelzen drove into the car of a 38-year-old man from Bocholt for unknown reasons The collision caused both vehicles to skid and come to a stop in the overtaking lane." Le Stunff was not severely injured at that moment until "a 51-year-old driver from Hamburg drove into the two vehicles The man from Bocholt and his passenger as well as the man from Hamburg were each seriously injured." an emergency doctor and the Wildeshausen fire department came to the scene but all help was too late for Le Stunff Le Stunff's funeral will take place on 15 March in the church of Gesvres Photos © Digishots - private Related LinkExtreme U.S., Everest, Mac Toto Win 2023 Pavo Cup Semi-Finals Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot PATRIZIA Immobilien AG has acquired a portfolio of two newly built care homes including serviced residential units in the German state of Lower Saxony for its ‘PATRIZIA Pflege-Invest Deutschland I’ fund offer a total of 287 full-care home places and 35 day care places as well as 91 apartments The seller of the two properties is the CL Group from Bremen who will continue to operate the two properties having agreed a 20-year lease Head of Acquisitions Commercial at PATRIZIA commented: “We are pleased that we were able to identify and acquire attractive investment properties for our customers away from the major urban centres PATRIZIA has extensive experience in the field of care home investments with this latest acquisition increasing PATRIZIA’s care home assets under management to more than EUR 400m Around two dozen German institutional investors have invested in care properties via the ‘PATRIZIA Pflege-Invest Deutschland I’ fund which was developed as a neighbourhood concept and completed in 2017 has 162 full-time care places and 20 day care places; the 66 supervised residential units enhance the concept while further apartments in city villas and commercial areas will be developed in the coming years in order to further round off the overall concept offers 125 beds and 15 day care places as well as a house with 25 apartments for assisted living Both Cloppenburg and Wildeshausen have positive economic and demographic conditions with both expecting significant population growth in the coming years This blog will chronicle the lives of 14 Galesburg High School students and their teacher Germany on a month-long language and cultural exchange Wildeshausen students spent three weeks in Galesburg during March of 2012 and 2013 Today our students had a break from their regular school schedule as we took a field trip to the Auswandererhaus in Bremerhaven Bremerhaven is one of Europe's largest shipping ports and was a center of emigration to North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries One of the first things that I noticed as we approached the harbor area Bremerhaven was a stronghold of the German navy during the Nazi era The first leads visitors on a journey through time where we saw nineteenth century families saying their good byes at the pier knowing that they might never see each other again We climbed the steep stairs to 'the ship' and saw what living conditions were like for the passengers  I learned the story of a prominent Berliner physician who was forced to close her practice in 1933 because she was Jewish Her family was forced to leave Germany in 1936 when life became intolerable under the Nazi regime The second section of the museum introduces visitors to German immigrants Here I learned the story of a Vietnamese teen who traveled to East Germany in the 1980s when there was a labor shortage and the government of the GDR was recruiting workers from other communist countries The museum also has a research room where visitors can access ship records and try to find ancestors who may have passed through the port of Bremerhaven One of the girls in our group was able to find a photo of her grandmother the students broke into small groups and put their language skills to good use ordering lunch and shopping for souvenirs at a nearby mall All of that practice in Herr Spindler's German classes at GHS was paying off Mary Panther is retired from teaching German at Galesburg High School it appears 16 German students in Galesburg as part of a foreign exchange program between their school in Wildeshausen and Galesburg High School are enjoying life in west-central Illinois The students like the laid-back atmosphere at GHS and say people in the community have been friendly it was easy to see a relaxed friendship has developed among the students from the two countries in just more than a week attend a college prep school in Wildeshausen a city of about 20,000 in northwest Germany Three or four GHS students will visit Wildeshausen for four weeks in June “Lifestyles are way cooler here,” Hollmann said but I wouldn’t like to live with it,” she said “My experience was very good,” Hollmann said “But I’m getting better and I do like it.” The young visitors said school is easier in Galesburg Wloch said their school is strict and teachers are very formal She said it was a surprise that teachers here interact so much with their students “They’re just more friendly here,” she said Schröder said it might seem schools are stricter in Germany The students visiting here attend the top tier of the three types Hollmann explained that the lowest level is “for kids just to learn a profession We are going to learn to go to college or a university I think it’s like here” in terms of not being as strict While most students go through school at one type of school in Germany Wloch said she has attended all three types All agreed the lowest tier includes many students with behavioral problems “They just don’t want to learn,” Hollmann said “In our school if you want to survive ...” they throw you out,” he finished his thought Students at the lower levels attend school for nine years and can have an apprenticeship The students interviewed agreed students at the middle level are more intelligent than those at the lowest level and want to learn He is one of the “three or four” GHS students who will be traveling to Germany “It’s pretty much like a friend staying the night for three weeks straight who seemed the most relaxed of the German students Asked if he was looking forward to his trip to Germany Boyd seemed surprised to be asked the question is learning something that might at first seem a bit odd “I think I’m actually learning more about the English language by having to explain it,” Smith said All three of the visiting students spoke English very well which he used at times when looking for a specific word he wanted to use He also asked Boyd what was meant by asking if Boyd was “looking forward” to the visit to Germany worked with fellow educator Marcus Hemjeoltmanns of the school in Germany to arrange for the student exchange While this is a first for this type of exchange at GHS did a similar exchange with Hemjeoltmanns four years ago when Spindler taught in Tucson Two German schools took part in that exchange Spindler said the trip is paid for by the U.S Department of State and the German Foreign Ministry “The main work is organized by me and the partner school,” Spindler said They will have time to visit Chicago before flying back to Frankfurt Wloch said they flew into Chicago but immediately got on a bus to Galesburg Other trips are planned or have been taken “I’m planning on taking him (Hollmann) to Peoria or Davenport (Iowa) this weekend,” Boyd said where they visited the Abraham Lincoln Museum and Lincoln’s Tomb among other attractions in the capital city Wloch said she liked the interactive part of the Lincoln Museum The students said they’ve been to other countries travel before this trip was mostly limited to Europe “It’s because Germany is so small it is normal to visit other countries when you are on holiday,” Hollmann “I think it’s like here to visit another state.” The students weren’t completely sure whether to count that as being outside Europe or not “England kind of has a special status in Europe Spindler is excited about the GHS students traveling to Germany “It really puts language in their hands,” he said they’ll have the chance to apply what they’ve learned in class.” He said the idea is to eventually have the same number of Galesburg students travel to Germany as German students coming here He said 16 students came from Germany this time because two teachers — Tanya Krönke and Hemjeoltmanns — accompanied them Spindler said the principal in Wildeshausen felt it was necessary to send more students to justify sending two teachers