For about two decades, a meat plant in the northwest German town of Vörden has helped produce a bear-shaped cold cut known as Bärchenwurst, beloved by children across the country.
FOR about two decades, a meat plant in the northwest German town of Vörden has helped produce a bear-shaped cold cut known as Bärchenwurst, beloved by children across the country. But rising production costs and waning demand for pork even in a nation that once had some of the highest per…
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Anton Hettich, managing partner and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Hettich Group, died April 24, 2021.
Anton Hettich, long-standing managing partner and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Hettich Group, died April 24, 2021 after a short illness. He was 91.
Anton Hettich had been a co-partner in the family business in Schramberg since 1949. After the early death of his father in 1956, he became a member of the management at the age of 27. In January 1959, following the legal separation from the parent company in the Black Forest, he became Chairman of the Management Board of Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG in Herford. In 1991, he moved to the Advisory Board. It was not until 2016 that he ended his tenure as Chairman of the Advisory Board.