Germany: Intensiv-Filter & Co KG has submitted an application for insolvency. The application was submitted on 31 May 2012 to the district court of Wuppertal, Germany. Dr Marc d'Avoine was appointed as the temporary insolvency trustee.
Initial plans are to re-start ongoing projects as quickly as possible. To aid re-capitalisation, d'Avoine has implemented efficiency improvement measures and continued technological advancements at the firm. In addition the sales department has, in spite of the insolvency, managed an order boom for the manufacture of machines and plants.
Intensiv-Filter group operates worldwide with around 400 employees. For 90 years it has been a leader in dust removal technology.