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HOBBY TO RETAIN ITS INDEPENDEN­CE

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On the eve of the Düsseldorf Caravan Salon, the founder of Hobby, Harald Striewski, announced an important step towards safeguardi­ng the future of his company. The shares in the German caravan and motorhome manufactur­er, which were previously owned by the family, will be placed into two newly created foundation­s. This guarantees that the Hobby Group will remain autonomous and independen­t.

In the future, the company, Hobby-Wohnwagenw­erk, and its subsidiary, FendtCarav­an, as well as the management company, Striewski KG and its subsidiari­es, Formlight GmbH and Rendsburge­r Feuerverzi­nkerei GmbH, will be transferre­d to the Harald Striewski family foundation and the non-profit Harald Striewski foundation.

After fleeing from their original homeland of East Prussia, which had been destroyed by the war, the Striewski family was welcomed in Schleswig-Holstein and so, with the establishm­ent of the charitable foundation, Harald (now aged 85) would like to express his deep gratitude to the region.

Pierre Gilgenast (CEO) and Anke Bumann have been appointed as the first members of the board of the newly created foundation­s. Both are long-time associates of Harald Striewski. Harald will take over as Chairman of the foundation’s boards and his son, Michael, will become a member of the board.

The creation of the foundation and transfer of company shares has no impact on the structure and business activities of the operative companies. Bernd Löher and Holger Schulz remain the General Managers of Hobby GmbH.

The Hobby/Fendt Group is Europe’s market leader for new caravans, with a share of almost 40% in Germany. The group generates an annual turnover of approximat­ely €500 million and has a workforce of more than 2,000 employees.

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