We would like to thank you for your
confidence and wish you and your families
a joyous New Year 2016.
In lieu of gifts we have donated to a humanitarian organisation.
Volkmar André, long-serving managing director of the DEKODUR and A&G Companies,
was bid farewell by his employees with all due ceremony on 11th December 2015.
Volkmar André will celebrate his 75th birthday on 22 November 2015 and
cease his activity as CEO of DEKODUR, the traditional manufacturer of decorative high
pressure laminate, by the end of the year.
The native Berliner is said to be the "driving force" in the product development.
At the
beginning of the 1960s DEKODUR, as first manufacturer of decorative laminate with
genuine metal surface, marked a milestone in the history of HPL material. Numerous
patents and copyrights evidence the successful work.
Innovations have always been of great importance to the HPL supplier DEKODUR.
Implementing this strategy, carpenter, merchant and economist Volkmar André –
who, prior to his career in Hirschhorn, had also been working as assistant to the
management of Massey Ferguson in the USA – could place his company successfully
on the national and international market. The further development of the HPL material
system has always been a challenge and motivation.
At the end of the year, Volkmar André will pass the management of the DEKODUR Company to his son Christopher André
who, together with a qualified team, will continue to run the company in the 8th generation. Volkmar André will continue
to support the company as consultant and chairman of the advisory board.
Any design of your choosing is possible – simply send us your printing details. We will use these to manufacture
inspiring surfaces for public spaces and busy locations:
scratch resistant, shockproof and graffiti resistant.
For technical support please contact us: info@dekodur.de
► dekopix - Digital print in HPL
FILIGRANE LINE - is a series of HPL melamine laminates which have been pressed with
a fleece material. This creates an elegant structure which ideally emphasises the interior space.
► dekolor Filigrane Line
► bark cloth® - broadcloth panel
Dear customers, partners and friends:
The DEKODUR company management is pleased to announce that Mrs Dagmar Hoffmann
will support our sales team as new employee for the northern region sales force from
July 1, 2015.
Many of you might have known Mrs Hoffmann, who has been successfully working in
the wood-based products industry for 17 years, for a long time. Her area of activity
comprises the postcode areas 1-4. She will be actively supported by the colleagues
you are already familiar with.
Mrs Hoffmann will soon contact you to introduce
herself in person.
DEKODUR GmbH & Co. KG
Company Management
Genuine leather (out of recycled
genuine leather fibre) decorations
for a sophisticated ambiance!
Available in 6 colours and
3 different leather structures.
► dekoleather
Impressive surfaces – with optical depth effect –
add a new dimension to every room. Complex
workmanship creates fascinating effects for
sophisticated modern interior design.
► dekorial stratos - aluminum grinding patterns
Available in all designs of our dekoplus
(except toplux) and dekorial range.
► dekopin - magnetic HPL
In order to make the handling with our dekopin laminates
as simple as possible, we have changed their technical
construction so that the sheets now have a thickness of
approx. 0,9 mm.
They are now:
► more flexible, i.e. they can be rolled and shipped
in a box (carton)
► they can be treated easily
► due to the new construction the magnetic
adhesion is stronger
You will appreciate these advantages!
On March 1, 2015, our long-term employee Mr.
Michele Pipino celebrated his 50th company
anniversary at DEKODUR. At the age of 16.5,
Mr. Pipino started working at André & Gernandt,
a firm of the Dekodur company group, and worked
in different departments until he became person
in charge for the energy plant (boiler house).
During a little ceremony, the company management
acknowledged his work, presented him a gift and
thanked him for the work performed. Everybody at
DEKODUR sees him as a nice colleague who is always
helpful and happy. Also the work council congratulated
him warmly and wished him all the best and a joyous
retirement.
Our new product dekoFireSafe® – a fireproof
high-pressure laminate according to
DIN 4102-1 A 1 (A 2) – was first presented
to a wide audience at BAU in Munich at the
stand of our partner, the company Hoba
Schmid, Adelberg, and was welcomed with
great interest among experts.
Our managing director, Mr Volkmar André, is the
new chairman of proHPL Fachgruppe Dekorative
Schichtstoffplatten*. The re-election became
necessary during the latest meeting after
Mr Markus Sander had resigned from his
function as chairman of proHPL. Mr Volkmar
André agreed to lead the professional group
as interim president until the re-election in
one year.
* Association of producers of decorative laminates (HPL) as well as their
representatives situated in Germany, Austria or Suisse
► proHPL Website
The judges: „Better than wood! Successful product
design – of high quality and better than in nature!“
► pro-K award for dekonova Vintage
► pro-K award ceremony