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Dear readers of inFORM<br />

We can look back on a successful year in 008 and forward to a<br />

very challenging one in 009.<br />

Over the past year, our group of companies has increased its<br />

sales and turnover considerably despite all the obstacles on the<br />

financial and procurement markets. In particular this can be attributed<br />

to the success of our excellent products and our application-oriented<br />

expertise; we have again succeeded in convincing<br />

our customers of what we can do and how well we can do it.<br />

For this, we thank all of our employees for their efforts and our<br />

customers for the unfailing trust that they place in us.<br />

We will use this to spur us on to cope with the year ahead.<br />

In view of the worrying daily reports on the international economy,<br />

there is no need to stress that this year is going to be one<br />

of the most challenging in the history of our company. Nevertheless,<br />

we are heading into it with determination and optimism and<br />

are convinced that the challenge will be successfully met. In relation<br />

to this you might also like to read the interview with Günter<br />

Fuhry, the new CEO of our group, on pages and .<br />

In 009, the only way of tackling the major refurbishment and<br />

renovation tasks that exist in the public water supply, waste water<br />

and sewage disposal sectors is with increasing energy and<br />

with the help of modern-day laying techniques. In view of the<br />

large amount of modernisation that is being done and the unrelenting<br />

pressure of costs in below-ground construction work,<br />

trenchless laying is becoming a must for saving time and money<br />

and reducing disruption to people and the environment. We have<br />

therefore made techniques for trenchless laying the main theme<br />

of what we are showing at the “Wasser Berlin” exhibition ( 0<br />

March to April 009). We cordially invite you to come and visit<br />

us at “Wasser Berlin”! You will find us on stand 40 in hall 5. B.<br />

See the advance report on page 16.<br />

What “Wasser Berlin” is to the water industry, whose customers<br />

are predominantly local authorities, “Interalpin” is for the tourist<br />

industry in Alpine regions. It will be coming round again on<br />

April 009 and the organisers, Messe Innsbruck, will be opening<br />

the doors to the industry’s top event until 4 April. We will of<br />

course be there, with our high-performance pipe solutions for<br />

snow making installations and would like to cordially invite anyone<br />

and everyone with an interest to come and see us there in<br />

Tyrol! (Advance report on page 17).<br />

Thanks to the good weather for skiing, the 008 – 009 season<br />

was successful for the majority of Western European regions,<br />

even though this was another winter when the amount of natural<br />

snowfall – particularly in the first season half – stayed well within<br />

limits. This is a good reason for many ski slopes and ski-lift operators<br />

to carry on resolutely with the expansion of their facilities<br />

for making artificial snow in the coming season. This is the only<br />

way to succeed in the international competition for Europe’s ski<br />

tourists, as Eastern Europe is starting to get well equipped. In this<br />

issue of inFORM we tell you about two of the group’s interesting<br />

snow making projects (pages 8 and 9).<br />

Eastern Europe is a growth region and drinking water supply is<br />

another area where massive investments are allowing it to catch<br />

up and approach the standards prevailing in Western European<br />

countries. Some examples of major projects of this kind in Slovakia<br />

and Bosnia-Herzegovina are to be found on pages 11 and 1 .<br />

Within our own company, a lot has happened since the last issue.<br />

In November we took great pride in celebrating 60 years(!) of<br />

working with our sales partner in Switzerland, the TMH Hagenbucher<br />

company. What better reason could there be for us to<br />

take this occasion of introducing you in some detail to our Swiss<br />

colleagues (pages 18 and 19).<br />

We also have a number of new members of staff who we would<br />

like to welcome to the company (page 4), and would like to<br />

introduce you to two important “new boys” who are taking up<br />

key positions (page 5). These are all names and faces you should<br />

remember!<br />

We hope that in this issue of inFORM we have again brought<br />

you some interesting and varied items from the different departments<br />

and areas of the Buderus/TRM Cast Iron Pipes Group.<br />

Have a great read!<br />

Günter Fuhry Max Kloger Stefan Weber Ulrich Päßler<br />

Editorial

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