Together with colleagues from the team of planners, the Executive Board of the energy cooperative attended Freudenberg EC i.g. the Bautec in Berlin and took part in various forums. Berlin, February 17, 2010 – together with colleagues from the team of planners, the Executive Board of the energy cooperative attended Freudenberg EC i.g. the Bautec in Berlin and took part in various forums. The turnover of the German construction industry have declined in the past year to around four percent. At the same time, the industry looks at 2011 with concern.

The Central Federation of the German construction industry (HDB) announced that on Monday at the opening of the Berlin building exhibition Bautec. Thus we came better due to the economic crisis than many others in the manufacturing sector”, said Heiko Stiepelmann, Deputy Chief Executive of the HDB. The energy cooperative Freudenberg with its cooperation partners will be awarded contracts for the production sites in Brandenburg, Thuringia and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 2010. A production site in the greater Stuttgart area is being planned, but is still open whether this will be commissioned in 2010. Thus creates the cooperative planning security for all companies involved in the construction. Appeals Board Frank Knauer: new companies are expressly required to consider a cooperation or membership. From einem(!) Cooperative share (= EUR 100) to become a member and can take part in the tenders. So participating companies benefit from the building twice to get low-cost diesel, on the other hand, orders are backed up.” Information about the tenders are on the website of the energy cooperative,, under “Alerts”. Helmut Uhlig