Business associations of Lower Saxony
The employers' associations of Lower Saxony eV (UVN) based in Hanover is the central association of the Lower Saxony economy. They have around 70 employers' and business associations as members, which together look after more than 140,000 companies. The general manager of the Lower Saxony employers' associations has been Volker Müller since 2000.
function
The association represents the positions of the Lower Saxony companies towards parliament and government. As social partners , in addition to the trade unions, they are in contact with many other groups and institutions relevant to social and economic policy.
As the umbrella organization of the Lower Saxony economy, the UVN support its member associations in all association-political issues. They ensure a continuous exchange of experience and information with the member associations and bundle their opinions or economic policy assessments. The positions thus obtained at the state level are brought into the discussion process at federal and EU level within the bodies of the Federal Association of German Employers' Associations and the Federal Association of German Industry . For these two organizations as well as for the Central Association of Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry, the employers' associations take on the function of the Lower Saxony state representative.
tasks
The UVN prepare data and facts from business, politics and society, comment on draft laws and inform their members about current developments relevant to the economy. On behalf of its member associations, the UVN is involved in numerous economic and socio-political committees - partly also on behalf of the state - to strengthen Lower Saxony as a business location .
The fields of interest include general economic policy and business law , collective bargaining, labor and social law, educational policy and educational work as well as environmental, energy, media, social and European policy .
President
- 1945–1947: Hermann Bode, Bode-Panzer AG
- 1947–1951: Wilhelm Wundram, Wundram printing company
- 1951–1957: Christian Kuhlemann, Hannoversche Portland cement factory
- 1957–1959: Otto Merker , Hanomag
- 1959–1963: Adolf Loges, Continental Gummiwerke AG
- 1963–1967: Bodo Wallbrecht , Wallbrecht construction company
- 1967–1980: Max Müller , Hannoversches Presswerk, Maschinenfabrik Max Müller
- 1980–1981: Gerhard Lohaus, Continental Gummiwerke AG
- 1981–1995: Hermann Bahlsen jr. , Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG
- 1995–1997: Kurt Eiglmeier, Riedel de Haen AG
- 1997–2001: Peter Haverbeck, Continental AG
- 2001–2008: Goetz von Engelbrechten, Nordzucker AG
- since 2008: Werner M. Bahlsen, Bahlsen GmbH & Co.KG
Chief Executive
- 1945–1957: Werner Brendecke
- 1957–1965: Friedrich Freiherr von Gregory
- 1965–1972: Hans-Helmut Krause
- 1973–1980: Günter Suhle
- 1980–1992: Gernot Preuß, Günter Silk and Jürgen Wolfslast
- 1992–1994: Gernot Preuss
- 1994-2000: Gernot Preuss
- since 2000: Volker Müller