Another participation in the Heinrich-Kleist-Oberschule vocational marathon in Lichtenstein is behind us. We have been taking part in this important event for many years, as we did last Friday.

This year, we once again had the opportunity to talk to pupils in years 8, 9 and 10 and inform them about the wide range of career opportunities at Spandauer Velours. From 8 a.m. to 12 noon, the pupils were able to move freely around the careers marathon and talk to contact persons from various companies.

Of course, we also had our popular matching games and touch boxes with us again to make the topic of textiles tangible for the pupils and arouse their interest. Many thanks to our trainee Lenny and our HR officer Kristyna Lamblova, who presented our company on site.

You can find out all about our apprenticeships HERE.

Last Wednesday, we opened our doors for the 98th Museum Coffee Klatch and gave our visitors an exciting insight into our history and production.

Our roots go back to the 1980s. This was when the planning, construction of the building and installation of the machines began.

Our company was founded in Berlin-Spandau at that time - hence the company name. In 1991, production began here in the ultra-modern plant in Lichtenstein. In 1992, the Berliners took over the Lichtenstein site and closed the plant in Spandau.

Today, we are proud to develop and manufacture high-quality technical textiles that are used in products from well-known manufacturers such as Vileda, Leifheit and Vorwerk.

Our products are not only in demand in Germany - they are even supplied to Japan and China. With 110 employees, we are firmly established in the industry and our annual turnover is growing steadily.

We would like to thank all visitors for this trip back into our history and for reminiscing together.

Once again this year, we took part in the "SCHAU REIN! - Open Company Week" campaign. Over the course of two days, we offered insights into apprenticeships in maintenance, textiles and logistics. On Tuesday, our trainer Mirko accompanied the young people through the company and gave them an insight into the areas of electronics, mechanics and mechatronics. There were then two tasks to try out in our in-house workshop. In groups, they practised metal drilling on a milling machine and thread cutting.

On Wednesday afternoon, the tour was led by our trainer Maik and our HR officer Kristyna Lamblova. After taking a look at our production halls, the students were able to test their knowledge of what they had learnt during the tour with our matching game. The aim was to match the fabric samples to the correct terms. We would like to thank all the pupils for their visit and hope we were able to give you some exciting insights into the world of textiles!