Translations:Die Fabrik Nauen/4/en
The Board of Management stated: "With the new extractor hood factory in Bretten in Baden and a new dryer factory in Nauen/Brandenburg, we have succeeded in establishing two state-of-the-art, streamlined factories with attractive cost structures."[1] Series production of top-loader washing machines followed in 1995.[2] Around 400,000 appliances were produced this year by the some 400 employees, with two parallel assembly lines ensuring flexible production.[3]
The then head of the factory in Nauen, Udo Barthel, came to an initial conclusion in 1995: "The general impression after the first year of producing dryers in Nauen is very positive, since we have succeeded in ensuring a smooth production start-up. We had already achieved productivity values by September that we had only anticipated for 1996. The work rate and eagerness of all employees is unique and virtually unsurpassable.[4]