The Mayr family has been behind the company since it was founded in 1897, and today Ferdinand Mayr is the fifth generation of the Mayr family to manage the company. "We consider our company and all our employees to be part of the Mayr family," he explains. "In 1994, the site in Ostrzeszow was founded as a small production facility," recalls Christoph Dropmann, who, as head of the research and development department in Mauerstetten, is also head of the management of Mayr Polska.

Since 1999, together with his Allgäu colleagues Christian Illig (Head of Finance and Human Resources) and Peter Daffner (Head of Order Center and Logistics), he has formed a modern and efficient industrial company with around 400 employees. Today, the machine park comprises around 100 lathes and milling machines. In 2018 alone, 1.5 million individual parts were manufactured on these machines. Around 35% of production now goes directly to end customers worldwide. "This was only possible thanks to the active support of a dedicated management team on site in Poland," emphasizes Christian Illig. "We are also proud and grateful that we were also able to honor five Mayr Polska employees from the very beginning for their 25 years of loyalty to the company as part of the anniversary celebrations. Well-trained and motivated employees who help shape the future with their ideas are a guarantee of our success."

Cross-border cohesion
But it is not only the cooperation between Mauerstetten and Ostrzeszow that works well. The fact that the Mayr brass band came along to the anniversary celebration shows that the cohesion between the employees is also strong. The 30 Allgäu brass musicians, conducted by Herbert Ried, provided a worthy setting for the festive evening and the family celebration the following day.

The members of the Mayr-Musikkapelle, conducted by Herbert Ried, brought a piece of Allgäu tradition to Poland. © Mayr

All Mayr employees in Mauerstetten and Ostrzeszow are also united under the umbrella of the European Union, to whose benefits and achievements Mayr is clearly committed. This was made clear, among other things, by the participation in the Go-Vote campaign of the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) in the run-up to this year's European elections and the associated call to all employees in Mauerstetten and at the site in Poland to vote.

Nevertheless, the company also takes every opportunity to advocate for issues at European level or to defend itself against bureaucratic hurdles. This is because issues such as the EU regulation on the A1 certificate for business trips to other European countries or preferential customs regulations affect the sites in Mauerstetten and Ostrzeszow in equal measure.

Well equipped for the future internationally
Mayr also recently opened a new hall in Poland. "With these investments, we are creating jobs and are well equipped to continue working successfully in the future," explains Managing Director Günther Klingler. Thanks to the plant in Poland, Mayr can not only retain jobs in Mauerstetten, but also expand and develop capacities, particularly in the area of key technology. as