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Dear readers,

if you are reading these lines, you are holding the 6 issue of ahp. in a position to present the first results. Here we would like to
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magazine in your hands. This year, too, we have decided to stick mention just a few keywords such as “Mechanical Chain Lift-
to this format and maintain the sometimes admired, often mar- er”, “Double Ejection Solutions” or “test units”. Read more
veled at, and sometimes rather not so understood open way of about it yourself on the following pages.
communicating, our way of communicating. And indeed, there We are also very concerned about the environment. For ex-
is nothing we have done in recent months that we should not ample, we have joined the “Zielgerade 2030”- initiative (page
report on! 26) or we have a good idea to be more resource-friendly: We
suggest you recycle more hydraulic cylinders or simply have
The general conditions were unexpectedly difficult, triggered by them repaired by us (page 23).
political developments that only very pessimistic people would
have thought possible a year ago! An integral part since the first issue is the interview with our
Suddenly, one is faced with a completely changed situation. CEO, Christen Merkle. It is not missing this year either.
Instead of waiting for the end of Corona, we had to accept
that a senseless war was started in the immediate vicinity. And Speaking of managing directors. There have also been chang-
that the state of mind is affected by this is more than under- es in 2022. More on this on page 16.
standable. The nerve-racking wait for goods, caused by supply
chains that unfortunately no longer function properly, has done Of course, we have also compiled a large number of figures
its bit to throw sand into the gears of the economy. We have and charts from the past fiscal year. And we were very pleased
responded by significantly increasing our already high invento- to see positive developments across the board. For example,
ry levels. This has cost us liquidity and, unfortunately, interest we were able to increase the number of hydraulic cylinders
in the meantime. Thanks to these efforts, we have been able manufactured in 2022 to 87,225 cylinders!
to deliver consistently (with very few exceptions in the case of
displacement measuring systems) – with our well-known short Let us - despite everything - confidently seize the opportu-
delivery times. nity-rich year 2023 by the scruff of the neck. Not to make
the world a better place. But to change it. With many small
Whether we are in the middle of a new recession or between but decisive things. In our everyday lives, where we can. And
two crises, we honestly don’t know. What we can say is that let’s not forget that we may (perhaps) not be as well off as
many things are changing, but one thing remains the same: we were a year ago. But that there are many people who are
Every new day also offers a new opportunity to tackle some- much worse off. Maybe we will be better off if we help exactly
thing with a cheerful spirit! That’s how we did it at AHP Merkle these people? The motto of our annual “Donate instead of
last year and “simply moved a lot”. We did not concern our- Gifts”-campaign is: “We don’t give because we have. But we
selves too much with the general situation. Because we can- have because we give!“.
not change this. But we can do something at our workplace.
And we did that quite simply. We wish you a good, successful year 2023, to continued good
and trustful cooperation. Stay healthy!
And we have also done this with our Renate Merkle Founda-
tion. Here we were able to move a lot and help – unfortunate- Sincerely
ly, this is not the salvation for Ukraine either. Nevertheless, we
did what was in our power. And that is crucial. Because the Yours
motto of the foundation, taken from an African proverb, is:
“Many small people, in many small places, doing many
small things, can change the face of this world!”.

In ahp.magazin 01.2022 we reported that we have been re-
lentlessly pushing ahead with our new projects. Now we are Christen Merkle Katrin Merkle

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