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On July 19, 2023, the new emz-plant in Resita/Romania was officially opened in a small ceremony with the participation of local dignitaries and the regional press. Managing Director Thomas Hanauer, as well as the Nabburg founding team Andreas Weidmüller, Veit Schmucker, Michael Forster and Markus Block had travelled from Nabburg.

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As part of our 75th anniversary celebration, we are supporting the "House of Little Scientists", the largest training initiative for daycare centers, after-school care centers and elementary schools in Germany, together with Johanniter Ostbayern.

For the signing of the cooperation agreement, Martin Steinkirchner, member of the Johanniter regional board, and Sonja Schäffer, network coordinator and head of training at Johanniter East Bavaria, visited us.

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75 years emz

Almost to the day of the start of production 75 years ago, emz-Hanauer celebrated the company anniversary in a ceremony. Numerous guests from politics, business and the region came to the marquee in front of the company to commemorate the founding together with the employees at the site. All shareholders of the family-owned company and the representatives of the Next Generation were also present on site.

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On 25 April, the 20th anniversary of the emz technology competition was celebrated at the Johann Andreas Schmeller Gymnasium in Nabburg. After the honours, a picture exhibition provided exciting reviews of the competitions of the last two decades.

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This year's Girls' Day will take place throughout Germany on Thursday, 27.04.2023. emz is also participating in the campaign with an offer and is available for insights into the offered apprenticeships.

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With one year Corona delay the "Unternehmensverbund" of medium-size enterprises of the region Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Central Franconia (UNV) - in the year 1991 based and 1992 started - could finally catch up its 30-year anniversary in the context of the conclusion forum on March, 8th in the City hotel in Roding.

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"Education creates trust. Trust creates hope. Hope creates peace." ~ Confucius

Also this year emz has decided to make a Christmas donation. This donation traditionally benefits organizations that support social projects.

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On Friday, September 16, the emz summer party took place in Schwarzenfeld at the Miesberg restaurant. The employee party has already been a tradition for many years and is highly appreciated and well received by the staff. In addition to many culinary highlights - such as suckling pig roll roast, pork tenderloin skewers, Bavarian delicacies, such as homemade "Obatzd'n", numerous salads and dips - the evening also had a lot to offer in terms of entertainment.

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After our traditional Sales Meeting took place mainly digitally in the last two years, we were even more pleased to welcome the majority of our international sales colleagues again this year in Nabburg.

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At the beginning of August, the Nabburg-based company emz-Hanauer gave the go-ahead for the construction of a new production site in Romania as planned. The ground-breaking ceremony took place on 4th August 2022. CEO Thomas Hanauer and SVP Finance Andreas Weidmüller travelled from Nabburg to Resita to symbolically start work with the new Romanian site manager Daniel Olaru. The construction is scheduled to begin in the near future and production is already scheduled to start in spring 2023.

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We are delighted about the great success of Carina Raab, who became the best apprentice in Germany in her training as a process mechanic for plastics and rubber technology. We congratulate Carina Raab very much and are happy about this success - also for our training department and trainers.

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On June 28, 2022, the ceremony of the competition "Family-Friendly County" of the Local Alliance for Families in Schwandorf took place. For the fourth time, family-friendly companies and municipalities were awarded with gold, silver and bronze seals. emz was pleased to receive the highest award, the gold seal.

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The Rudolf Diesel Medal, named after the inventor of the diesel engine, is Europe's oldest innovation award. The sponsoring association "Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen e.V." emphasizes the uniqueness of this award, for which one cannot apply but must be nominated. The heads of the German industrial and technical associations and chairs of major universities propose suitable award winners, around the theme of "successful implementation of innovation".

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In the spirit of the "Smiling Company", emz is keen to promote a good working atmosphere and valuable interaction with each other. Therefore, the HR department organized a small barbecue event in front of the company building in Nabburg.

Over coffee, cake, grilled food and cool drinks, employees were able to get together throughout the day and exchange ideas with sunshine and summer temperatures.

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Since December 2021, heads have been spinning in the children's rooms and hobby workshops, tinkering and fiddling to be able to present the most convincing works possible on the topics of "solar runabout" or "chain reaction". For the construction of the solar car, two solar cells and a small electric motor were provided to each student of the JAS-Gymnasium in Nabburg who wanted to participate.

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March 11, 2022 was the constituent meeting at which the newly elected emz works council was formed. Inge Frank was elected chairperson and Herbert Laubmann first deputy.

In our works council we elected two additional deputies, these are Theresa Bauer second deputy and Stefan Reiml third deputy. This ensures that the works council can convene a meeting at any time to pass the necessary resolutions.

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At the end of 2021, emz-Hanauer received the certificate for the Bavarian Environmental Pact for the 4th time. District Administrator Thomas Ebeling presented it to CEO Thomas Hanauer at emz in Nabburg.

Also present were Martin Jörg, who is responsible for the management systems at emz, and Maria Linke.

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emz has been training apprentices in its own training workshop since 1971. Over 350 apprentices have successfully completed their training in the last 50 years, often even with excellence.

The main focus is on technical professions, which have, however, changed again and again over the years. Many of the former apprentices were and still are active in the company and work in a wide variety of positions for the success of emz.

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This year's Christmas donation was handed over by Martin Schmidbauer, Plant Manager in Mexico, and Human Resources Manager Manuel Gonzalez to the HITO (Hospital Infantil de Oncologia).

The donation of 350,000 pesos will be used for chemotherapy medications to treat children and adults suffering from cancer.

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emz - Hanauer with headquarters in Nabburg is growing in the EU. An additional production site in Romania is planned. Already in one year the production shall be started.

The planned site is located in Resita near Timi?oara in the western part of Romania. Resita is a town at the foot of the Banat Mountains with a population of around 80,000 and a very long industrial tradition.

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Every two years, the "Successful.Family-Friendly" company competition honors the twenty most family-friendly employers in Bavaria.

In this way, the Bavarian State Ministry has been honoring the commitment of Bavarian employers to a family-friendly corporate culture since 2016.

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For the third time after 2004 and 2017, emz was among the fastest growing companies in Bavaria. With more than € 180 million, we also achieved a sales record this year.

The number of employees has also grown. More than 1600 employees work for emz at locations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Mexico and China. "It is only thanks to constant innovation that we succeed in growing faster than the markets worldwide," says Managing Director Thomas Hanauer.

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On 1 September we had the pleasure to welcome six new trainees at emz-Hanauer. They include an electronics technician for devices and systems, two mechatronics technicians, two tool mechanics (one man and one woman) and an electronics technician for devices and systems.

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€10,000 has been donated to Nabburg secondary school for the forward-looking investment in the digitalisation of STEM classes.

Every year at Christmas, emz donates a substantial sum to a project at one of four locations worldwide. In 2019, it was the turn of the Naubburg location in Germany, and the decision was taken to support the local secondary school there. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it has only now been possible to hand over the donation officially.

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emz Hanauer through its statement as a smiling company is committed to ensuring that all employees enjoy their work and that there is a good working environment. A good working environment can only be guaranteed if a person feels safe at work. Safety is the basis for a good working relationship between the employee and the company.

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The excitement was palpable and the competition strong. Once again in 2019 numerous companies submitted their innovations for participation in the Wirtschaftszeitung (a German business newspaper) competition.

“The economy of eastern Bavarian has an incredible amount to offer in terms of innovative strength, brilliant minds and start-up courage. Despite the challenges facing us in future—not least posed by the coronavirus crisis—there is still cause for optimism.” This quote is taken from the Wirtschaftszeitung article “The 2019 Prizewinners Have Been Chosen!”

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Ladies and gentlemen,

we at emz also deal responsibly with the critical Corona situation (CoVid 19) and have therefore decided to shutdown our German plants and our Czech plant from April 6th to 17th, 2020. During this period, we will almost completely close our production, product development and administration in Nabburg, Zangenstein and Černošín.

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The Association of Medium-Sized Companies in the regions of Upper Palatinate and Middle Franconia (abbreviated “UNV”) is an association of eight companies for the mutual exchange and promotion of junior staff.

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On Friday, we could celebrate together with our trainee Thomas Prüfling in the Continental Arena Regensburg. In this year’s summer exam, he achieved the best results of all as a trainee in toolmaking of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) of Upper Palatinate / Kelheim.

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On 10 October.2019, a further 13 managers from the Group successfully completed the General Management Programme. Under the direction of Professor Daniel Keller – Keller Partner – participants learnt about the key topics of "Strategy", "Managerial Effectiveness" and "Change Management". The contents were developed by the renowned Management Centre St Gallen and developed yet further by Professor Keller.

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Once a year, our sales staff and application engineers from around the world meet at our head office in Nabburg for the “International Sales Meeting” (September 18 – 19, 2019) and take the opportunity to exchange their experiences.

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On 2 September we had the pleasure of welcoming eight new trainees to emz-Hanauer. The new trainees comprise two electronics technicians for devices and systems, two mechatronics technicians, two tool mechanics and two apprentices with a refugee background. The company thus wants to make a further contribution to the important topic of "integration", enabling a young Afghan and an Iraqi to train as metal technology specialists.

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emz, with its app solution egate digi, is one of the big winners of the "German Innovation Award 2019". The six-member jury awarded emz Umwelttechnik two prizes in the "Smart Living" category for "business excellence” and "design thinking".

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AN INITIATIVE OF GERMAN FAMILY-RUN COMPANIES

Under the motto "Made in Germany - Made by Diversity", a total of 50 German family-owned companies are advocating more tolerance and open-mindedness. The aim of the joint communication measure is a clear sign against xenophobia! The focus is on an advertisement with the leitmotif "Made in Germany - Made by Diversity."

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Recently, emz-Hanauer has held the presidency of the Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises of the Upper Palatinate and Middle Franconia region for the 2019/2020 cycle. The Association of Medium-Sized Enterprises comprises 8 international companies from Eastern Bavaria providing a platform for the mutual exchange and development of junior staff.

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The Hightech live!-Camp, the educational institute of the Bavarian economy in the Upper Palatinate, was held again this year with the support of bayme vbm, bbw and the education authority. It was the sixth successive time that 12 pupils (4 girls and 8 boys) were allowed to participate in this camp.

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Christmas time reminds us to be grateful for everything we have. However, in many parts of the world people do not even have the basic necessities, such as a good formal education. And so once again this year, instead of customer gifts we will set up a Christmas donation scheme.

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The Apprentice Cup is a football tournament that takes place every year between companies of the region. The event is intended to strengthen the community of apprentices and their team spirit, and in the case of emz it showed that our apprentices are a great team.

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As the new “training year” begins, we are very pleased to welcome six new trainees to emz. Among them are two mechatronics technicians, two tool mechanics and two process mechanics. Once again, two female apprentices have been inspired to pursue a technical career at emz.

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More than 50 employees participated in this year's district running event “Landkreislauf”. In the disciplines running, walking and cycling, a total of 242 km were covered, a remarkable performance at these high temperatures.

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IFAT 2018

At IFAT, the world's largest environmental technology trade fair, everything revolved around the topics water, wastewater, waste and raw materials management for five days. From 14 to 18 May, more than 141,000 visitors from the trade, coming from over 160 countries, visited Munich.

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We are proud to announce that emz Hanauer was presented the Supplier Quality Award at the Global Supplier Conference 2018 in Detroit, USA.

emz Hanauer has been a strategic supplier to Whirlpool Corporation for over a decade supplying electrical actuators, door latches and sensors for the business unit appliances.

Apart from having consistently high quality scores, emz supports by operating in a transparent, clear and fact based manner, owning issues and bringing them to resolution, and ensuring they maintain their cost competitiveness.

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We are proud to announce you that the product field swisslogix of Ymatron AG has been transferred to emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co KGaA on Mai 1st, 2018. The product field swisslogix comprises of several services in the field of level sensor solutions in the waste business.

Sales- and service activities concerning this product range are performed by emz environmental technology GmbH.

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On the first weekend in May, emz took part at the exhibition in Nabburg with its own stand for the 10th time in a row.

The exhibition was organised and implemented by the training centre. Six trainees together with their trainers volunteered to introduce some emz products as well as the company's apprenticed professions. Some of the products presented included the waste lock, closures and sensors, as well as the final examinations of tool mechanics and mechatronics technicians.

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On 8 February 2018, emz invited the press to attend a conference in Nabburg on the topic “Future strategy and digitization”. Thomas Hanauer, CEO, and Franz Forster, Head of the Household Appliance Division, took more than an hour’s time to give an insight into the company’s development and its strategic orientation for the future.

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On November 3rd, 2017, emz Hanauer receives the Innovation Award for innovative solutions from its key account Midea Dishwashers. From among 360 competitors, 14 companies, including emz, were honoured for their longstanding and great cooperation. The award was based on dishwasher components such as the door latch/ door opener which are produced in the Nanjing / China subsidiary.

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This year, too, seven new trainees will be taking up their apprenticeships at emz in Nabburg as of September 1. These are three mechatronic technicians and three tool mechanics, plus one young Afghan for whom emz is providing an apprenticeship for a skilled worker in metal technology. At this point, emz considers it as extremely important to make a contribution towards integration.

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It is the second time (since 2004) that emz Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA has received an award for being one of Bavaria's fastest-growing companies. Since then, its turnover has more than doubled. Being the world market leader for sensors and interlocks in large-size domestic appliances, with sales amounting to over 112 million euros, we have achieved record sales figures for this year, too. The headcount has grown accordingly.

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On Saturday, 15 July 2017, the emz Golf Cup was held for the fourth time in the "Golf- und Landclub Oberpfälzer Wald". Among the enthusiastic golf fans, we were pleased to welcome Mr. Gerhard Strobel, the previous member of our advisory board, who participated together with Thomas Hanauer and two other shareholders.

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Every two or three years, emz honours employees for their loyalty towards the Company. On this occasion, we would like to thank them cordially for their work in our Company, for their support and for accompanying changes and in transition phases.

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On 26 and 27 April, two large groups visited our headquarters in Nabburg at the same time. The guests we were hosting were a work group "Senioren aktiv", an association of active senior citizens in the Catholic Employees Movement, and the REFA association from Amberg. Both guided tours started with a presentation about the company in which our Markus Block from Human Resources informed our guests about the history of emz as well as about the most important customers, products and the locations spread all over the world.

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This year, emz again participated in the world's largest exhibition for innovative and efficient heating technology, air-conditioning, building technology and renewable energies in Frankfurt / Main. Despite the spring-like weather conditions, a large number of visitors made their way to the Frankfurt Exhibition Grounds from 14 to 18 March. In Hall 10.2, at booth B18, our emz exhibition team presented products including the family smart Sol and the heating controller series smart Econ Heat Control and were pleased to assist interested visitors and to answer their questions.

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Next year, there will be yet another reason to celebrate: in 2018, the emz Group will be able to celebrate its 70th anniversary and is delighted about its history and the associated success.

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With the headcount currently numbering 9, the former emz branch office is celebrating its tenth anniversary. In November 2006, die emz-tecnologie ambientali was founded, having meanwhile grown up to become an autonomous enterprise.

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“There’s one happiness in life: to be loved” (Joan Manuel Serrat)

With this year’s Christmas donation, we would like to support children and adolescents in Mexico in their battle against cancer. Since November 2013, the Mexican foundation Teletón in Queretaro has been operating a clinic specializing in treating children suffering from cancer (Hospital Infantil Teletón de Oncología HITO). The clinic disposes of state-of-the-art equipment for diagnostics and treatment in line with international standards.

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By inaugurating their own in-house catering facility, emz-Hanauer is consistently implementing what is expected in terms of modern staff care. As the last part of the extensive construction project at the Nabburg location, emz-Hanauer opened up the Company’s own catering facility in mid-September. Here, over 400 members of staff working on the site will have access to a healthy and attractive range of foods, offered in pleasant surroundings.

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Sunday, 11 September, was the day everyone had been waiting for. In the scope of an Open Day, an event for the whole family was staged on the premises of emz in Nabburg. Visitors were granted an exclusive insight into the company which operates on an international scale. In addition to employees and their families, the event also attracted the general public from the region. At the end of the day, around 3000 visitors were recorded.

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Every year, some trainees begin their careers at emz Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA in Nabburg on the 1st of September. We are very pleased to welcome two young men with refugee backgrounds along with the another six trainees. The company will have two freshmen for each field; “tool mechanics”, “process mechanics” and “mechatronics”. In addition, the two trainees with refugee backgrounds, will be trained as “specialists of metal technology” in the following two years.

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On 28 July 2016 finally the time has come, the new Customer Innovation Space was officially opened during a dedication ceremony at emz. Exactly 25 years after the inauguration of our new building in Nabburg the headquarters were expanded with a third manufacturing area. The so called “CIS” was the centerpiece of the additional building.

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For the very first time ever, emz turnover has exceeded EUR 100 million. Successful especially with locks, sensors and household appliance systems. New innovative products in the domestic and disposal engineering sectors sustained turnover in the USA and Asia. For the component suppliers emz Hanauer GmbH & Co. KG a. A. and their over 1000 employees, the recently completed fiscal year has been the most successful one so far within the company’s history. Following the extremely successful previous year, another rise in turnover of 13 % has been achieved, exceeding the company’s internal planning by almost 5 %.

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emz-Hanauer reached the judging stage in the Oskar Patzelt Foundation competition for “Award for Midsized Enterprises.” Each year in autumn the Oskar Patzelt Foundation awards excellent German companies with the “Award for Midsized Enterprises”. Companies from all over Germany can be recommended to compete and are judged in five categories. The categories that are judged are: economic development, workplaces and trainee positions, innovation and modernization, commitment across the region and aspects of customer proximity and marketing.

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emz supports day-care center for handicapped people in the Czech Republic. With this year's Christmas donation, we would like to give the children and adults from the Vitecek Center in the Czech Republic a special treat. The two day-care centers Cernosin and Koren provide handicapped people with comprehensive treatment facilities for body, mind and soul. Treatments such as air therapy, sensual therapy or water therapy support motor systems and awareness in an enjoyable manner.

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Work instead of relaxing holidays! Twelve pupils aged fifteen took their holidays in November in order to get an impression of the daily working life in technical professions such as process mechanics as well as mechatronic and electronic technicians. Taking place annually in November, “Hightech Live” offers youngsters which are interested in technical professions the possibility to develop and produce a special boat. It is a catamaran that is operated with solar power. Besides Horsch Agricultural Machines and Quadrus Metal Works, emz-Hanauer is one of the partners of the programme.

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emz cooperated with local secondary school from Nabburg in a special technical project. The students built up their own ludo game both at school and the emz workshop.

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On 29 July 2015, the Member of the German Parliament a native of the Upper Palatinate was welcomed by emz in its Headquarters in Nabburg. In the course of the summer tour within his home electoral district, Mr. Holmeier was able to get an impression of the expert know how and the innovations of emz.

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