| 1936 | Born in Bielefeld, Germany |
| 1957 | Graduation as Dipl.-Ing. in Textile Economics at Niederrhein University Krefeld |
| 1958-1959 | Betriebswirtschaftsstelle, Krefeld, Germany (dry-cleaning consultants) |
| | Time and motion studies, cost controlling in dry-cleaning plants for a government research program |
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| 1960-1975 | Beko, Duesseldorf, Germany (dry-cleaning equipment) |
| | Sales Associate, Sales Manager, Managing Director |
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| 1975-1980 | Multimatic, Melle, Germany (dry-cleaning equipment, franchise systems) |
| | Export Manager, Managing Director |
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| 1981-2000 | Fluormatic, Chicago, USA (dry-cleaning machines) |
| | Owner & President |
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| 2001-today | FML Beratungs-GmbH, Krefeld, Germany (Consultants to the Textile Care Industry) |
| | Owner & President |
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