Move to Berlin in 2010

After more than forty-five years in Darmstadt, the Federal ­German Association of the Gypsum Industry is now destined for Berlin, with its move to the German capital scheduled for 01.07.2010. An extraordinary meeting of the association’s ­members in Düsseldorf in mid-November adopted the resolution to relocate the federal association headquarters from Darmstadt to Berlin. As Hans Hesse, the association’s director, noted, “Closeness to political circles, the opportunity for continuous direct contact with the relevant decision-makers and also, not least of all, savings on travel costs”, were the...

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