Despite the insolvency of his family business, Johannes Heger is to remain President of the State Association of Entrepreneurs' Associations (LVU) in Rhineland-Palatinate. "He is president and wants to remain so," said LVU spokesman Moritz Mergen. Heger have described the situation of his group of companies to the board of directors. The unanimous opinion of the LVU board is that he should remain president. The board wants to continue to rely on him because Heger got into the situation through no fault of his own and "is an example of what is currently going on in the country".

The increased energy and material costs had forced the Heger Group, which specializes in foundry products, into insolvency under their own responsibility. In the past few days, Heger had resigned from his offices as chief negotiator of the employers' association in the central metal and electrical industry and as president of the Palatinate metal and electrical industry (Pfalzmetall) in order to concentrate on the restructuring of his company, which is based in Enkenbach-Alsenborn (Kaiserslautern district). to be able to

The Heger company has existed for 120 years and is well established in the Rhineland-Palatinate economy, said the LVU spokesman. One is confident that the entrepreneurial family will be able to improve the situation again. Heger has been LVU President since this year.