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"The Model Kirchheimer company Graupner has asked the district court Esslinger a protective screen method. Yesterday, the first of some 130 people in Kirchheim were informed about the situation. Afterwards, the director Stefan Graupner and Günter Kölle turned to the press.
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Kirchheim. The shield method "provides protection from enforcement event of insolvency or over-indebtedness, leaving the company in possession," it said yesterday in an interview with the Executive Teckboten. The process was not an insolvency proceeding and also not necessarily lead to insolvency. The aim is, rather, during the three-month process, the protective umbrella restructuring of the company until March 2013 to complete and avert bankruptcy.
The shield is still a long process it in Germany. Since March, some 160 companies have applied for such a procedure, in the district of Esslingen Graupner is only the second company that goes into a protective shield method, said Günter Koelle. Nearly all cases in Germany were previously "went well". Therefore Günter Koelle was confident: "We are not depressed. The news could have been worse. "
On the positive side, namely, that the district court approved the Esslingen shield method at all, as Stefan Graupner says: "The process is granted only if there is evidence that the company can achieve sustained positive results. We were able to prove that "it did not last 2012 -. Like last year already - where sales increases in the double digits.
The difficulties with which considers itself the Kirchheim traditional company now faces has so little to do with the turnover, but more with the costs incurred. Günter Koelle: "We have a cost structure that is so high that it for now transacted sales not quite enough." On the one hand concerns the cost of production, on the other hand there was an aggressive price competition by "providers from the U.S. and China."
The future is well staffed with Graupner - not only sales, but also by the new technology that has been switched to three years ago. With the remote controls the digital ones HoTT (Hopping Telemetry Transmission) has replaced the analog technology. But there have been at the cost of too many commitments from previous years. Burden including the investment in the new technology had been designed to bring the company into the future.
Stefan Graupner speaks of a necessary restructuring of the family business. The great direction to go from the production operation towards a development, marketing and distribution company. As the restructuring will actually look like, it could be currently make no statements. But the shield method offer three months to submit a plan. One thing is of course that the concept of "connected with incisions." The future of the jobs it said yesterday that a reduction could not be excluded. Also about the joint meeting was informed yesterday. For details on the development of jobs leave but not yet be estimated.
Through March at least brings the shield method a significant advantage for the employee: "The payment of wages guaranteed in the next three months," Stefan Graupner said yesterday. He stressed another important aspect in the current situation: "We experienced a great deal of support for all employees, business partners, customers, banks. I'm really impressed with how our partner for Graupner. "For Günter Kölle this support is due to the fact that it was unable to obtain the authorization for the shield method.
The method giving the management tools in the hand to the final step to restructure flexibly tackle enough, said Günter Koelle. Above all, the Board could continue to operate independently. Instead there is a liquidator in this process a trustee of the management is supportive and advisory capacity.
The Trustee, which the district court has accepted for Esslingen Graupner is Dr. Wolfgang Bilgery of the Stuttgart firm Grub Brugger & Partner. "Dr. Bilgery has experience, "Günter Koelle said yesterday," for it is a normal process. "In consultation with him as a trustee, the management continues to decide themselves
The main advantages for Graupner looks Günter Kölle the new technology, the development and the brand name. Stefan Graupner therefore speaks of the "high radiance" that had the mark Graupner in stores and at the end. On this appeal, it is set up, if the restructuring plan is developed in collaboration with all stakeholders - ie the trustee, with the banks and with the works.
"In the next three months of hard work awaits us, because we do not kid ourselves," says Stefan Graupner, who is confident that in the end is a set of measures, which establishes his company well for the future. For Günter Kölle are also "all systems go green" in order to walk the path to success now can. The shield method he sees as a great opportunity for Graupner.
For each employee, it is important, "that what he does has a purpose," says Günter Koelle. He sees the shield of procedure for the Board as a major challenge. Therefore, he stressed: "We have it in our hands. We can take action that it takes a good end. And that gives us energy. "
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