After various qualification rounds the most successful teams of MARGA 2007 Spring round reached the live finals which took place at Schloss Gracht, the campus of the European School of Management and Technology in Cologne, in September 2007. As “managers on time”, the teams succeeded in running their MARGA Company under harsh market conditions and in beating numerous competitors.

The competition started with 60 teams from 32 companies. Only four teams made it through the qualification round, the quarter finals and the semi final. These four teams were selected to compete in the live finals. For the first time, Hettich was among the last four teams. After five decision rounds the Hettich-Team made an outstanding 3rd place.

MARGA is offered in two different versions. MARGA Industry focuses on production companies in the global market. MARGA Service focuses on service companies with a successful service management. The following teams were honoured in the award ceremony:

	MARGA Industry	MARGA Service
Winner	Robert Bosch GmbH	Sparkasse Köln-Bonn
2nd	Bosch Rexroth AG	LEHMANN + PARTNER GmbH
3rd	Hettich Holding GmbH & Co. oHG	GEFA Gesellschaft für Absatzfinanzierung mbH
4th	Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG	Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Mr. Höfer, head manager of Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt, handed over the certificates to our winner team. On behalf of the management, Andreas Hettich congratulated the Hettich Team on the brilliant achievement.

For the members of our initiative “Junior Action”, the participation in the yearly General Management Business Simulation is obligatory. The basic idea is to train the “Juniors” in entrepreneurial thinking.

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