Josef Rettenmeier
Josef Rettenmeier (* 1925 in Wört ; † January 12, 2006 ) was an entrepreneur in the timber industry and founder of today's Rettenmeier Holding AG , based in Wilburgstetten .
After training in forestry, Rettenmeier first founded a timber business to buy pit and pulpwood. From 1948 to 1978 he and two partners ran a sawmill for the production of construction and sawn timber in Wört. In 1969 he built a wood processing site and a small wood sawmill in Wilburgstetten, from which he and his two sons developed one of the largest companies in the European timber industry.
From 1989 to 1998 Rettenmeier was deputy chairman of the Association of the German Saw and Wood Industry. In 2002 he received the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class. He had previously been awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon and the Staufer Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg .
In his spare time, Rettenmeier went hunting for more than 50 years.
Web links
- Josef Rettenmeier Sr. deceased , www.raumeinrichtungen.de (accessed on November 29, 2013)
- Chronicle of Rettenmeier Holding AG (accessed on November 29, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honor for 50 years of membership in the Aalen hunters' association on May 28, 2005 (accessed on November 29, 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rettenmeier, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Words |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2006 |