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A U T H O R / P H O T O S Martijn Reintjes
In the middle of these turbulent times, Heiner Gröger is retiring from the successful recycling busi-
ness he built up with his ex-wife Brigitte and their daughters Isabelle and Nathalie. A well-known fig-
ure in the German scrap metal scene and a previous president of the German steel recyclers associa-
tion BDSV, Gröger has seen many ups-and-downs. Slowly but surely, he is handing over the company
and yard in Baden-Württemberg to the next generation.
‘Now it’s our
daughters’ turn’
T h e f u t u re l o o k s b r i g h t b u t c h a l l e n g i n g f o r G e r m a n y ’s
G rö g e r E n t s o rg u n g
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