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A service provider from the very first moment
Gerhard Röttgen congratulates Norbert Rethmann on his 50th birthday.
Buchen managing director Gerhard Röttgen to retire
“We at Buchen ...” Gerhard Röttgen has personified this statement like no other during his many years at Buchen UmweltService. It is difficult to picture what the Buchen Group has been doing since 1966, what has moved and pushed the company, without Gerhard Röttgen. He – together with his colleague Wolfgang Balter, who unfortunately passed away in 2008 – has been successfully managing the company since 1986.
The Cologne-based Buchen Group is one of the leading industrial service companies in Europe. Founded in 1844 as a pump manufacturer, the production business transformed itself into a service company when it began offering cleaning and waste disposal services to industrial businesses in 1957. With more than 2,300 employees, the Buchen GROUP had a turnover of approx. 320 million euros in 2008. The company is active wherever refineries, chemical businesses and heavy industry companies are located. |
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Gerhard Röttgen, managing director of the Buchen Group, will retire in January 2010 after over 43 years at the company.worked at the company when he joined. And Richard Buchen made the right decision when he took him on, for Gerhard Röttgen truly incorporates the principles of “service”. “Together with the colleagues, to always be a service partner for our customers.” This motto still motivates the managing director today, who will soon be entering into retirement. Besides his work as managing director of the Buchen Group, Gerhard Röttgen has also worked actively in trade associations. He was a founding member and board member of the Bundesverband für Sonderabfallwirtschaft (Federal Association of Hazardous Waste Industry) until it merged with the BDE in 1996. Following this, Gerhard Röttgen was a member of the committee and chairman of the group of experts responsible for the hazardous waste sector. Other tasks include his work at the Industrie-Müllverband Köln-Aachen (industrial waste association) since 1968 to set up a hazardous waste landfill for the region, the politically intended use of the capacity of the RZR Herten for hazardous waste disposal in the state of NRW as well as activities in the AAV (Association for Remediation Services in NRW).
The many years spent in the Rhineland have also left a mark on Gerhard Röttgen as a private citizen. He has been a member of the Blaue Funken (Blue Sparks), a traditional Cologne carnival club since 1999. Gerhard Röttgen, who was born in Westerwald, has also made a career for himself in this “branch”; he currently holds the position of vice president of the club. He is very much a family person: he has three children and six grandchildren and his wife Ingrid, with whom he will soon be celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary, has given him strong support throughout his career. One thing is certain: Gerhard Röttgen will continue to move quickly even after he retires: He is passionate about motorbikes.