Werner Hövelmeyer – 50 years for Keller in Laggenbeck

50 years in one company – today a very rare and special anniversary: On the 1st April 2009 Werner Hövelmeyer, a professional well-known to the brick industry, celebrated this anniversary: He started his apprenticeship in 1959 at the factory of C. Keller & Co. There he learned from scratch and experienced the technical and technological developments within the ceramic industry, especially those of the heavy clay production of bricks, roofing tiles and ceramic tiles. From the practical manufacturing of machinery as well as the planning and project handling of entire factories, Werner Hövelmeyer...

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