Lime industry prepares for difficult years

1 From left: Udo Kremer (managing director), Martin Ogilvie (general manager), Moritz Iseke (vice president), Michael Liell (president), Dr. Werner Fuchs (managing director)

2 Prize winners of the operational safety contest

The meeting of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Kalkindustrie (Federal German Association of the Lime Industry, German abbreviation: BVK) held in Weimar on 19.06.2009 unanimously elected Michael Liell, CFO of Rheinkalk GmbH, Wülfrath, as the chairman of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Kalkindustrie e. V., Cologne. Moritz Iseke, CEO of Kalkwerke Oetelshofen, Wuppertal/Germany, was chosen as the new deputy chairman of the association (Fig. 1).

Like its principal customer groups - the iron, steel, chemicals and building materials industries - the lime industry has been hit extremely hard by...

Issue 06/2024 BUNDESVERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN KALKINDUSTRIE (BVK)

Occupational safety in the lime industry: awards for Schaefer Kalk and Fels-Werke

A reason to celebrate! Mr. Funk and Mr. Klein, employees at Schaefer Kalk GmbH, have received the third place in the Occupational Health and Safety Employee Award from the Bundesverband der Deutschen...

Issue 09/2012

Lime industry anticipates slight decline in sales

The general meeting of the Association of the German Lime Industry (BVK) took place in the customary relaxed atmosphere on June 15th, 2012. This year, the Cologne based association, had selected as...

Issue 7-8/2010

Lime industry’s economic situation improves

Annual conference of the Federal German Association of the Lime Industry, Hamburg/Germany (17.06.2010)

The member companies of the Federal German Association of the Lime Industry, meeting in Hamburg, have again unanimously confirmed Michael Liell (Fig. 1), member of the Board of Management of Rheinkalk...

Issue 10/2011

Products of the lime industry indispensable for Germany as an industrial location

The German economy is booming. At the beginning of 2010 we still expected a growth rate of 1.75 % in that year, but now it is clear that the economy performed outstandingly in 2010 and that the...

Issue 05/2024 Bundesverband der Deutschen Kalkindustrie (BVK)

General Assembly of the German Lime Association (BVK)

The German lime industry is facing up to the challenges of the future The German Lime Association (BVK) held its annual general assembly in Würzburg on June 7, 2024 to look back on an eventful 2023...

ZKG 08/2009