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Caravan Salon Honors Owner Of Hobby
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through the Hobby Newsletter.
In a first-of-its-kind event, this year’s Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf presented Harald Striewski, the owner and founder of Hobby, with an award naming him an “Extraordinary Entrepreneur in the Caravanning Industry.” Striewsk founded Hobby 52 years ago and is credited with innovations that include the automatic reversing system, the cassette toilet, and Hobby’s on-board management system. His company, Hobby-Wohnwagenwerk, employs over 1,200 workers in Schleswig-Holstein. The Hobby Group also includes Fendt-Caravan GmbH in Bavaria, and North Rhine-Westphalia based Rendsburger Feuerverzinkerei, and Formlight GmbH, which produces furniture for caravans and motorhomes.
“Harald Striewski understands how important it is to put your heart and soul into designing caravans that meet the needs of customers, more than anyone else. With his extraordinary ideas, huge entrepreneurial spirit and unbelievable creativity, he has been a complete and unparalleled success,” Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, president and CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, said in a news release.
For additional information, visit the Hobby website.
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