1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
1975
Werner & Pfleiderer
acquires the Haton Company.
1989
Jürgen Horstmann
acquires the Emil
Kemper GmbH,
Rietberg, Germany.
1997
Jürgen Horstmann takes over
the Werner & Pfleiderer Company,
Dinkelsbühl, and the Haton Company,
Panningen, The Netherlands.
The
WP BAKERY
GROUP is formed.
1998
Werner & Pfleiderer
Industrial Bakery
Technologies, Tamm,
becomes part of the
WP BAKERY
GROUP.
2013
Addition to the family: Jürgen
Horstmann acquires the Riehle
Company.
1967
First heart transplant performed
by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape
Town, South Africa.
1964
First tour of The Beatles in the United States
– peak of the intense fan frenzy called
Beatlemania.
1975
Bill Gates and Paul
Allen establish the
Microsoft Company.
1989
Fall of the
Berlin Wall/German
Unification.
1997
German President Roman
Herzog delivers his “Ruck”
speech in Berlin where he
calls for a “jolt” in Germany in
order to overcome “encrusted
structures”.
2013
Angela Merkel is
elected German
Chancellor for the third time.
1967
Formation of the
Riehle Company.
2012
WP Kemper takes over
the fryer business
of the Zeppelin-Reimelt
Company.
2014
