I turned 64 years old this year. I have been working in the textile dry cleaning branch for 47 years now. I started my career with a 3-year apprenticeship, which at that time also comprised the occupation as a clothing dyer.

After a 6-year period of practical training, I successfully completed my studies as a textile engineer with the subject area "Textile Dry Cleaning" at the Hohenstein Institutes. I was then offered a job at the Hohenstein Institutes in the former Department