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The History and Downfall of a German Wholesale Company “Wollschläger” – Part 2

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Until 2008, the telecommunications group’s plant, in the northern district of Riemke, was one of Nokia’s 15 production sites worldwide in nine countries. One former manager wrote me: “in retrospect, the company simply placed too great a focus on permanent growth through acquisitions. “History, in the end, becomes a form of irony.”,