Hesse's State Governor visits the Rohloff AG

The Governor from Hesse - Volker Bouffier (CDU) was on tour in north Hesse on wednesday and found time to pay a visit to the Rohloff AG in Fuldatal. Mr Bouffier spoke of the recovering economy within the state and praised Rohloff for their contribution.

 

Barbara (Social Worker and Managing Director), and Bernhard Rohloff, Engineer, founded the enterprise in 1986. Numerous wins were achieved with their SLT99 bicycle chains between 1990 to 1993. Then came Bernhard Rohloff's latest development - a new age in bicycle hub transmission systems. This hub was and is (in Bouffier's own words) "the Ferrari amongst bicycle gear-hubs". Approximately 12 years later, the Rohloff AG (consisting of 45 employees) turns over more than ten Million Euro's annually of which 60% is through export worldwide. Thanks to international patents, this figure is sure to remain constant, guaranteeing their position among the competition.

Rohloff - „Made in Germany“. This phrase is used for the technology and is a truth that the family enterprise is incredibly proud of.

 

Book about the Rohloff company:

Rohloff Stories (Amazon or in local bookshops)

Rohloff Online Shop

 

Video (German only):

RTL Hessen

hr Hesse Television

 

Online reports (German only):

HNA "Volker Bouffier at the Rohloff AG"

HNA "Rohloff the bicycle friendliest employer"

Extratip

FAZ

NH24

Frankfurter Rundschau

Hessische Staatskanzelei

 

Youtube Video of the visit (German only):