Solid as a ROCK

摘要

Talk about the German business supplies industry and soon the name Soennecken as an integral part of it comes up. One of the two dominant dealer groups in the country, Soennecken has had a long and often chequered history. However, despite plenty of historic upheaval in the market in general and within the group in particular, it now stands solid as a rock among its contemporaries, many of which have wobbled or indeed crumbled. And that, in good part, is due to the long-time leadership of eminent Group Chairman Dr Benedikt Erdmann. Since starting as a member of the group's board in 1996, he has witnessed the dark days of the late 1990s and early 2000s, but turned the dark into the bright and the deeply traditional into the modem. Indeed, Soennecken has over the past few years gained a reputation for being one of the best and most progressive employers in the small- to medium-sized company category in Germany.