Festive end of 2010 year celebration
In December, almost all 450 employees from all over Europe and Russia came together in the Culture and Congress Centre of Gera,Thuringia, (close to the HORSCH production site in Ronneburg) to attend the staff meeting and end of year celebration.
For the foreign employees the whole event was translated into three languages (English, French and Russian).
On the occasion of the staff meeting the managing directors of the HORSCH company, Michael and Philipp Horsch along with Horst Keller, gave an outlook on the year 2011 and looked back on the past months. Horst Keller informed that the turnover turned out to be better than expected. The yield continues to be very good and investments like for example the new logistic centre at Sitzenhof (construction costs: 10 million Euro) can be handled without taking out a loan. Like in 2009 the turnover amounts to about 135 million Euro. For 2011 Keller expects a turnover increase in a two-digit percentage range. Philipp Horsch’s main topic was an outlook on the machinery innovations to come and which HORSCH wants to exhibit on various shows in 2011. Michael Horsch motivated all employees to do their best given the extremely busy times predicted for 2011 in order to make a further growth of the company possible and to be able to continue creating new jobs (23 new employees in 2010).
After the staff meeting the HORSCH management board honoured eight long-time employees. Reinhold Schindler (production department) has already been employed in the company for 25 years, so virtually right from the start. The present for the Gran Canaria fan was a gift voucher for his next trip there. Margit Drexler (management assistant), Jürgen Blaschke (welding department), Lutz Böhnisch (after-sales service), Philippe Channaux (HORSCH France), Romaric Chevrier (HORSCH France), Karel Falta (sales consultant Czech Republic) and Niels Maßmann (sales Schleswig-Holstein) were honoured for 10 years of outstanding commitment within the HORSCH company.
As always, the end-of-year celebration included a show and entertainment programme. Everyone was fascinated by the power acrobatic performance of LaMetta, artists from Berlin, and got carried away by the rhythmic sounds of the samba percussion group Sarara from Regensburg.
For the first time there was a tombola. The proceeds from the sale of 1,000 tickets were doubled by the HORSCH Foundation. Thus, a donation of more than 2,000 Eur could be given to MEDA.