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Congressman presents long-awaited service medals & ribbons

ongressman Brian Higgins Pfannenberg celebrates
C(NY-26) honored 11 local vet-
erans reently during a ceremony at in Lancater 25 years of
the Buffalo and Erie Country Naval
& Military Park, awarding 73 ser- N. American manufacturing
vice medals & ribbons earned by
Western New York veterans Rich- fannenberg, Inc. held a celebra-
ard Cohen, Donald Cohen, Louis Ptory event for the 25th anniver-
Harrison, Rose Hyman, Wade Lew- sary of its United States
is, Monica Lynch, Joseph Murphy, manufacturing operations on Nov.
Richard Reisch, Tommie Wagstaff, 9, 2022 at the company’s North
Renee Wiley, and Edward A. Ziar- American headquarters in Lancast-
nowski who served our country dur- er, NY. It featured factory tours and
ing World War II, the Korean War, presentations by Andreas Pfannen-
the Vietnam War, as well as Kuwait, berg, owner – Pfannenberg Group,
Iraq, and Afghanistan. The Reisch family at medal ceremony. Tobias Merle, CEO – Pfannenberg
“From fighting in World War II Group, Earl Rogalski, president –
to, more recently, deploying to the Repairman and a Non-Commis- the Vietnam War. The Commemo- Pfannenberg Sales America, and
sioned Officer of Special Radio ration pledges to honor United
Middle East, these brave men and Ronald Ruffino, Lancaster Town
women dutifully served our country Projects. States Veterans who served in ac- Supervisor. Andreas Pfannenberg
Staff Sergeant Reisch was tive duty in the United States Armed
and returned home to serve their In announcing the celebration, part of this journey for the next 25
communities with little fanfare and awarded: Forces between November 1, 1955 Andreas Pfannenberg paid special years.”
• Bronze Star for meritorious and May 15, 1975, regardless of
formal recognition of their service,” tribute to the resources available in Rogalski, noted that it is an hon-
said Congressman Brian Higgins. achievement in ground operations location. Congressman Higgins also the Western New York Region that or to be working alongside his Pfan-
against hostile forces from Decem- presented Staff Sergeant Reisch
“We are proud to present these local he says is a major contributor to the nenberg colleagues in the United
heroes with the military honors they ber 1970 to December 1971 in the with the: company’s success. “When we de- States and around the world. “What
Republic of Vietnam In addition to these U.S.-issued
rightfully earned. As a community cided in the late 1990s to expand makes this milestone achievement
and a nation, we are forever indebt- • Army Commendation Medal medals, Reisch was awarded the into North America from our roots so special,” said Rogalski, “Is
• National Defense Service Republic of Vietnam Campaign
ed to their service and the sacrifices in Germany, we understood that, to knowing the positive impact our
they have made for our country.” Medal Medal with Device, Gallantry Cross successfully grow the business, colleagues are making and the solu-
• Army of Occupation Medal with Palm Unit Citation, and the
Among the honorees was U.S. products for North America needed tions our products are providing –
Army Staff Sergeant Richard with Berlin Airlift Device Civil Actions Unit Citation for sav- to be designed and manufactured in from critical life-saving infrastruc-
• Vietnam Campaign Medal ing lives during a Typhoon and re-
Reisch who arrived on the battle- North America.” He added, “The ture to clean drinking water. Few
field in Vietnam in December of with 3 Bronze Service Stars pairing the roof of a building that Buffalo area’s long and storied companies get an opportunity to cel-
• Good Conduct Medal was nearly destroyed.
1970 and fought in combat until manufacturing history and reputa- ebrate 10-years, let alone 25-years.
1971. He then was stationed at Ft. • Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin Richard Reisch’s wife, Barbara tion for a strong work ethic fits our This is a fantastic achievement
The Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin the love of his life, is also a veteran.
Bragg, North Carolina and went to needs and supports Pfannenberg’s made possible by our dedicated and
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey where comes from the American Vietnam They met in Berlin where they were high quality reputation. Our North highly talented team.”
War Commemoration, which was stationed. She received a certificate
he was a Signal School instructor American growth is largely due to Pfannenberg, Inc. is a Global
until he was transferred to Berlin authorized by Congress to com- from the US Army for fighting for the willingness of the two cultures Manufacturer of Thermal Manage-
memorate the 50th Anniversary of freedom while living in Berlin.
where he served from June 1974 to to work together in the spirit of ment, Liquid Cooling Solutions and
May 1977. He served as a Radio learning.” Signaling Technologies. Estab-
Tobias Merle added, “As a Ger- lished in 1954 by Otto Pfannenberg,
2022: What went well in Germany man family business, we are proud for over 60 years Pfannenberg has
been recognized as an industry lead-
to develop and produce our thermal
by Stephanie Höppner Anyone who might have expect- ...Speaking of technology management products in Lancaster, er within the Electrotechnology In-
dustry.
W.com: Among the steady ed a slump in business was wrong, and the climate NY. Known for offering unique val-
In 1958 the company invented
Dstream of bleak news of war, said Henrik Ahlers of EY. "Sales A company from Germany's ue and the highest standards, our the Filterfan®, which is recognized
crisis and recession, news of posi- and profits are rising, and business Hunsrück region has developed product solutions and services are worldwide as a leading product to
tive developments almost got side- is booming for the majority of DAX technology that might be able to trusted by some of the largest, well- help manage the temperature in
tracked this year. Here's what companies," he added. The consult- help solve the climate problem. No- known companies from around the electrical enclosures. In 1962 it in-
Germany can look back at. ing firm expects 2022 to be an vocarbo's P500 machine removes world. Our success for the last 25 vented the first industrial flashing
Help for Ukrainian refugees "overall record year." carbon from the atmosphere. In the years is based on a long-term vision light that didn’t require a bulb
Since the beginning of Russia's LNG terminals ready machine's pipes and reactors, wood of growth built around high-quality change once activated.
war against Ukraine, millions of ahead of schedule waste is charred in the absence of products manufactured in America, Many of its products are found
people have fled Ukraine, many of As a rule, major construction air. Normally, the CO2 they contain our skilled employees, and our rep- within the same facility providing
them to Germany. The Central Reg- projects in Germany take much lon- would escape and damage the cli- utation as a trusted advisor to our critical protection for manufactur-
ister of Foreigners listed about 1 ger to complete than originally mate, but the P500 locks the CO2 customers. As we look forward, we ing, processes and personnel.
million Ukrainian refugees by the planned. The Elbe Philharmonic into so-called plant carbon. Biomass welcome anyone who wants to be
end of October. Hall in Hamburg, for instance, was like plant and wood waste can be
People in Germany were im- supposed to be completed in 2010 – utilized in the best possible way.
mensely willing to help, not a few construction work was finished in There are other positive effects
put up women and children from 2016. But thanks to streamlined of biochar production: It generates
Ukraine in their living or guest planning procedures, the first float- regenerative heat, which is currently
rooms, often for weeks and months. ing import terminal for liquefied in particularly high demand due to
Others collected donations includ- natural gas (LNG) opened in Wil- the gas shortage. As a soil additive
ing clothing and household items, helmshaven in northern Germany in agriculture, it is also beneficial to
and helped children with their shortly before Christmas – after just plants. Production is still expensive
homework and accompanied the shy of 10 months of planning and but that could change as the supply
refugees to doctor's appointments. construction. increases.
The willingness to help has That is the new pace Germany From pandemic
dropped off somewhat since the war plans to forge ahead with on infra- to endemic stage?
started in February, but it was still at structure projects, Chancellor Olaf Christian Drosten, Germany's
a high level months later, according Scholz announced at the inaugura- preeminent virologist, said we have
to a study by the German Center for tion ceremony. The floating termi- reached the end of the coronavirus
Integration and Migration Research nal off the North Sea coast of Lower pandemic.
(DeZIM). One out of two people Saxony is intended to help close the "We are experiencing the first
was open to volunteering, more than gap in gas supplies in Germany endemic SARS-CoV-2 wave this
half could imagine donating to refu- caused by a lack of deliveries from winter, in my estimation that means
gees and almost one in five could Russia. the pandemic is over," Drosten re-
imagine taking in refugees at home, The business community hopes cently told a daily newspaper.
DeZIM found. the example will set a precedent. Immunity in the population will
Business is booming, record Planning and approval procedures be so widespread and resilient after
revenues for German firms for all infrastructure projects need to this winter that the virus will hardly
Germany's major DAX compa- be massively stepped up, according be able to spread in the summer, the
nies are looking at a pretty good to Peter Adrian, President of the head of virology at Berlin's Charite
year despite high energy prices and Association of German Chambers hospital said, adding the only reser-
high inflation. In the third quarter of Industry and Commerce (DIHK). vation he has concerns the emer-
from July to the end of September, That is too fast for environmental gence of new variants. "But I don't
sales of the top 40 DAX companies associations, who have criticized expect that to happen at the mo-
increased by 23%, and profits by as the terminal construction while urg- ment, either."
much as 28%, according to EY ing similarly speedy implementa- This article was originally pub-
management consultants. Mercedes, tion for non-fossil energy sources. lished in German.
Volkswagen and Siemens were list-
ed as the companies with the biggest
profits.