Rehau Mourns Helmut Wagner

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Rehau is mourning the loss of company founder and honorary president Helmut Wagner. He passed away Sunday 24 January at the age of 95 surrounded by his family in Switzerland.

The news of the death of the founding father, who was highly committed to the end, has moved Rehau employees around the globe. 

 “The great sympathy for the passing of our father comes from many regions of the world. We are very touched by this as a family.”

– Jobst Wagner 

President Of The Supervisory Board

Pioneer

“His legacy will be as one of the pioneers of modern industry, as a courageous creator and unwavering visionary", continues Jobst Wagner. "We will honour the memory of Helmut Wagner by resolutely continuing his impressive work. His entrepreneurial spirit will continue to guide us in the future."

Helmut Wagner has been shaping the world of plastics since 1948 and has thus given important stimuli to an entire industry. The founding of the company in the city of Rehau, Upper Franconia, Germany, marked the beginning of the manufacture of products made of polymer materials and thus the success story of a family-owned company that is still strongly characterised by the pioneering spirit of the company founder.

After five decades of successful development of the company, Helmut Wagner handed over the management of the corporation to his sons in 2000. Jobst Wagner became chairman of the supervisory board and Dr. Veit Wagner vice chairman. The third generation is already active in shaping the business. In 2015, Rehau city council paid a special tribute to the founder of Rehau - Helmut Wagner was appointed the first honorary citizen since the end of the Second World War.

Today, Rehau is an international business with 20,000 employees at more than 170 locations worldwide. “We owe this in particular to the vision and courage of Helmut Wagner," says William Christensen, CEO of the Rehau Group. "In deep mourning and sincere gratitude for the achievements of the company's founder, the Rehau family is especially united in these days."

Picture: Helmut Wagner, Rehau company founder and honorary president has died at the age of 95.

www.rehau.com/uk-en

Article written by Cathryn Ellis
04th February 2021

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