last chance for the kettcar manufacturer
in the sauerland, keeping the breath: the company kettler has just before the abyss again dodge. on friday night, the 70 year old, wounded kettcar manufacturer with a necessary intermediate financing was secured. it was granted by the heinz kettler foundation, supported by the land of north rhine westphalia. the provisional rescue at the last minute surprise, had both the foundation and the country, with its approximately 720 employees kettler little chance of survival. the attempt by the government to all the parties once again to bring together was on wednesday failed. the foundation had an agreement to burst, kettler appeared before the final out. now the second rescue within three years to succeed.
foundation brakes
it was for the first time by kettler bankruptcy. after the loss of approximately 200 and the sale of the fahrradsparte was a new start has been achieved. then a shock: last year was a fatal car accident the kettler heiress karin kettler for new turbulence. the foundation to its successor. in july this year, once again an application for bankruptcy to kettler in eigenverwaltung. but the reorientation using a luxembourg investor, the investor has jumped off. a new buyer, the radius of every seven bosses georg kofler is now at the last minute, showed interest. the resistance of the stiftungskuratoriums about the chairman manfred sauer to break, step on friday the foundation supervision of government enterprises. the board of trustees was sacked. andreas sand foundation board to further negotiations. many fans of the legendary pedalrennwagens kettcar, kettler in recent decades, millions of copies produced, now hope to survive the evolving. kettler exist in almost every household. if kettcar, bicycle or gartenliege: provides editors remember moving, moving and relaxing moments with the products of 70 years ago formed long established company from the region. henrik mortsiefer
such as formula 1
the first of my own to travellers vierradfahrzeug was a kettcar, a delicate thing with incredible good driveability and a steering wheel, the form present in formula 1 installed, but without all the things like buttons. the vehicle was a pleasure i fueled to the then not so crowded streets and through the woods where i experienced the limits of its off-road capabilities. after two or three years, the entire age cohort to puky - companion to the were bigger and more robust and had air filled tires. the highest driving consisted of the vehicle on two wheels to drive through a curve, without rolling over. i almost forgot, and i in my local lieblingsdorf with a good english speaking restaurateurs to talk. on the standard question by his knowledge of german, he said he worked long in kettcar kettcars welded. werner van bebber
the first balcony in the big city, the real luxury in life. in the future no longer had to books to warm summer days in the campingstuhl under a weeping willow on the river spree gobbled up. the kettler - relaxliege, hard and with a thick white and blue cushions and widespread, with views of the skies over berlin is a comfortable, cosy atmosphere. at dinner, the back top vertically bent, then more and more back. and after last night, they showed an almost horizontal bed, a freiluftmöbelstück for all cases, and also for the warm night. is the beautiful and practical, there is very little. either you are hard liegegefühl or not possible to regulate or not taken apart; the doubt all at once. a hardened designergeneration seems to have balkonmöbelproduktion conquered the lauem enjoyment and convenience of sonnenseins wants nothing to do with. elisabeth binder
a symbiosis
christmas 1969 / 1970: my little brother, tom got a fire engine, i gave a kettcar. i was five. at this time, the kettcar and i lived in a symbiotic relationship. i rushed to the house, left signs of abrasion in the soil and drove race with my brother and his red fire truck. without my kettcar i left the house. other children with my kettcar also not go. this laid the foundations for my obsession with racing for two - and four wheeled motorsport and journeys on the race track.
love on four wheels
i have a little girl loved and will never forget this great feeling on my kettcar get me on the plastiksitz to settle. then, the steering wheel cover, the pedals are properly, and started the sweeping and winding drive. until i get the brake reinhaute to the curve to skid. i'm in 1964 born and grateful that my parents said this jungenerlebnis enabled. not even the bike bananensattel and circuit to the frame was cool. maybe: bye, kettcar, too bad! you have to mentally always back in the basement of the old home, back in the ringslebenstraße! annette kögel
i was visiting my parents, a tour was planned, but my bike in berlin. there's one in the basement, said my father. it was obviously not been driving long, dusty, the tires need air. a silver tone aluminum creature, schmalgliedrig, not a damenrad terrif, dark red handles. it was so easy, and even wore it to the stairs from the basement high. never before and never again felt life so easy. i took it to berlin. as i learned in the bicycle shop, it was probably less than 30 years behind, i drove it for ten. eventually it began to eggs. on the way to the bicycle shop broke the handlebars. luckily, i got a blue knee. therefore, said the man in the shop, i with my dual wheel through the door, entered, these aluräder not built that way. maris hubschmid(徳囯ASK电容器)