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Opening photo: 750 customers and business partners participated to Dörken’s 125th anniversary evening celebration under a marquee.
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125 years of Dörken Interview to Dr. Martin Welp Dörken MKS-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
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splendid event crowned the ‘125 Years of Dörken’ anniversary year (ref. Opening photo). On the 29th of September 2017, Ewald Dörken AG, Herdecke celebrated its company birthday along with around 750 customers and business partners. The 30th of September was then all about saying thank you to the employees, who have played a key part in the development of the business. The 29th of September 2017 began with an official part of the programme for customers and partners of the business with special
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sector get-togethers of the individual business units, presentations and talks. Dörken MKS-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG, for example, invited 150 customers from all over the world to the ‘Dörken Days’ on the top floor of the Dortmund ‘U’. However, the breathtaking views over the city distracted only briefly from the presentations. Member of Board Dr. Martin Welp (Fig. 1) opened the event with a look back and a look ahead to the 125th anniversary. Arndt Kirchhoff, Vice President of the VDA – Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V. (German Automotive Industry Association) – followed with a talk on developments in his
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industry. Technical innovations were presented by the Head of Technology Management, Christian Rabe. The President of the Doerken Corporation gave a presentation on market trends in the USA and the expertise of the local team. Onnen von Bredow, as Head of Asia Pacific at Dörken MKS, gave an insight into the Asian culture and local market structure. Andrej von Hofmann, General Manager of Dörken MKS Systems Shanghai, talked about the market situation in China. Finally, Dr. Gerhard Reusmann, Board of Dörken MKS, gave an overview of the Dörken MKS product portfolio and the products’ particular attributes.