The Schleswig-Holstein paper mill, Feldmuehle Uetersen GmbH, has filed for insolvency at the Pinneberg district court on January 24, 2018. The court has appointed the Hamburg attorney-at-law and restructuring-expert Dr Tjark Thies of Reimer Rechtsanwälte as the preliminary insolvency administrator. “Business operations will continue unimpeded. This goes for production as well as purchasing, sales, marketing and logistics,” says Thies.
Heiner Kayser, Managing Director of Feldmuehle Uetersen GmbH says, “Our customers can count on continuing to receive on-time deliveries,” and adds that suppliers can rest assured that they will receive their money when new orders are placed.
Employees will continue to be paid for their work – through the end of March 2018, their salaries will be covered by the Federal Employment Agency’s insolvency allowance.
Thies and a team of experts from Reimer Rechtsanwälte are currently working on a stocktaking, together with the Munich-based restructuring consultancy Ruppert Fux Landmann GmbH (RFL) and Feldmuehle’s management.
“Feldmuehle will continue the strategic reorganisation it has begun with the funds available to it under insolvency law. In particular, we will use the days and weeks ahead to review the extent to which the company could manage the economic rehabilitation just by itself,” says management consultant Ruppert. “One conceivable alternative to this would be its acquisition by an investor.”
