{"id":10577,"date":"2025-10-14T10:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kraeuter-mix.de\/?p=10577"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:07:15","slug":"when-loyalty-pays-off-kraeuter-mix-celebrates-31-milestone-anniversaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kraeuter-mix.de\/en\/corporate-news\/when-loyalty-pays-off-kraeuter-mix-celebrates-31-milestone-anniversaries","title":{"rendered":"When loyalty pays off: Kr\u00e4uter Mix celebrates 31 milestone anniversaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]The theme of sustainability was the focus of this year’s traditional anniversary celebration at Kr\u00e4uter Mix, which began on 8 October with a visit to the Steigerwald Centre in Handthal and a forest hike. The 31 Kr\u00e4uter Mix employees who celebrated 10, 20, 25, 30, 35 or even 40 years of working for the family business were invited, as well were all those who retired.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Special recognition for exceptional employee loyalty<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”20″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]This special recognition is something that is close to the company’s heart year after year, because the above-average length of working at Kr\u00e4uter Mix is no coincidence. Rather, \u201cit is the result of people’s work”, emphasised Silke Wurlitzer, commercial director of Kr\u00e4uter Mix: “People who have shaped, supported and advanced our company over many years. People who have given more than just their working hours and ensured that working together has created real communities. As a representative of the management, she joined HR-Manager Sabrina Klinger and Managing Director Bernhard Mix in thanking the anniversary celebrants for their great loyalty to the company. \u201cThank you for being a reliable pillar of Kr\u00e4uter Mix quality. Thank you for many years of growth and successful business development\u201d, added Silke Wurlitzer.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”10580″ img_size=”medium” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1760430108907{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” image_hovers=”false”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1760430591251{margin-top: 10px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Group photo in front of the Steigerwald backdrop: The participating jubilarians, pensioners with members of the management team, several department heads and the organising team of this year’s Kr\u00e4uter Mix jubilee celebration. <\/em><\/h6>\n

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Sustainable human resources development and sustainable forest knowledge<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Sustainability played a role in this year’s milestone anniversary celebrations in several ways: in the original sense of something lasting and being preserved over a longer period of time, it was fitting for both the company anniversary and the trip to the Steigerwald Centre with a forest hike on the theme of sustainability and climate change. Last but not least, the topic of sustainability plays a key role in the company every day in terms of the quality of its air-dried herbs, vegetables, fruits and spices. After all, high-quality natural raw materials can only flourish and be produced if natural raw materials are handled sustainably throughout the entire supply chain.<\/p>\n

This year’s anniversary celebration concluded with a three-course meal at the Stollburg, which offers a magnificent view of Franconia’s highest vineyards. And, of course, the evening was filled with conversations about past company celebrations and shared experiences over herbal mixes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”10581″ img_size=”large” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1760430456575{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” image_hovers=”false”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1760430572389{margin-top: 10px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Calculating tree volume was just one of the interesting topics covered in the forest lesson at the Steigerwald Centre in Handthal.<\/em><\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”10582″ img_size=”large” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1760430529236{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}” image_hovers=”false”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1760430558814{margin-top: 10px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

The official celebration for Kr\u00e4uter Mix’s anniversary celebrants took place at Stollburg Castle in Handthal, with managing director Silke Wurlitzer giving the opening speech.<\/em><\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”20″ css=”.vc_custom_1746706082484{margin-top: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The following employees were honoured<\/strong> for their 40 years of service: Werner Zehnder (Logistics) and Helmut Sch\u00f6nberger (Logistics); for 35 years: Monika Lechner (Logistics) and Georg Hahn (Logistics); for 30 years: Alfred Mey (Production) and Boris Schmidt (Logistics); for 25 years: Christian Schulz (production), Robert Uhl (production), Ulf Pitschula (production), Marco Ring (production), Olaf Kupfer (production), Marc Hanselmann (production), Andrea Firsching (sales), Michaela M\u00f6slein (quality management), Gabriele Silberbach (technology); For 20 years: Tina Kautler (marketing & corporate communications) For 10 years: Marcel Vasel (production), Oliver D\u00f6ring (logistics), Michael Sch\u00f6nenberger (logistics), Marco Hilpert (production), Thomas Kleed\u00f6rfer (technology), Branka Pavlovic (sales), Steve Erhardt (production)<\/p>\n

The following employees retired<\/strong>: Thomas Zehnder (Logistics), Walter Sieber (Production), Karl-Heinz Funk (Logistics), Ralf P\u00f6tzinger (Technology), Renate Fuchs (Sales), Andreas Fiedler (Production), Thomas Stiele (Technology), Anita Zwinkau (Production)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]