New Strength in the East
From Westphalia to Saxony and back again: How Crespel & Deiters expands in the east of Germany during the 2nd World War and later on loses it during the GDR again.
About the End and a New Beginning
About survival during tough times, the battle against chaos and resource scarcity, and how the wheat starch of Crespel & Deiters helped to ensure that the German population had enough to eat.
Acting socially
Why the employees at Crespel & Deiters are so much more than mere workers; why there is a Drei Hasen settlement, and what the pronounced family thought of the company has to do with all of this.
Strength comes from within
How Crespel & Deiters evolved from a factory in Ibbenbüren to a European corporate group with the strength of an entire family, and why even the managing partners only get five-year contracts.
The world needs starch
Why "Made in Germany" did not always stand for a seal of quality; what the role of the British is in this regard, and how German wheat starch products are conquering the whole world.
From wheat starch to corrugated board
How Crespel & Deiters revolutionised corrugated board production for the paper industry with the idea of a high performance adhesive made of wheat starch, and how it thereby set the course for the present-day corporate success with the new non-food sector.