Thursday, June 7, 2012

Insight: Crisis doubts take root among German firms

 

ALPEN, Germany (Reuters) - The ploughs that made German farm machinery firm Lemken its name line the factory forecourt like a row of modernist sculptures, with jutting spokes and sinister-looking blades. Based in an agricultural region close to the Dutch border, this is an archetypal German "Mittelstand" company, family-owned over seven generations and still catering to the same farmer clientele served by its founder, blacksmith Wilhelmus Lemken, in 1780. ...

Insight: Crisis doubts take root among German firms
Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:16:17 GMT

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