Farewell after 30 PSI trade shows

On the occasion of her retirement, Petra Siekmann is looking back at 30 PSI trade shows. She worked for Halfar System for over 18 years: after switching from Senator (previously rou bill) to Halfar in 2005, she quickly took over as export manager at the Bielefeld-based bag manufacturer.

At this year’s PSI in Düsseldorf, the foreign partners of Halfar System GmbH bid a fitting farewell to their long-standing contact for bags and backpacks. At the evening get-together in the EigelStein pub in Düsseldorf, the guests toasted to the warm applause of the Halfar colleagues and shared various anecdotes from Petra Siekmann’s active career.

“Petra Siekmann successfully took care of her customers with a great deal of expertise, reliability, perfect knowledge of foreign languages and, last but not least, her fine sense of humour”, said managing director Kathrin Stühmeyer-Halfar. There was a broad consensus that Petra Siekmann would be missed, but that she deserves to enjoy her upcoming active retirement.

In late January, the emotional internal farewell took place at Halfar – with a lavish breakfast including company management and numerous colleagues from all departments. Managing director Armin Halfar thanked Petra Siekmann for the excellent long-term cooperation. He reminisced about many car journeys together to the PSI, which always involved good and sometimes personal conversations.

A competent successor is in place: Marco Lemkemeyer has gradually taken over as team leader during the past few months. www.halfar.com

Photo: At this year’s PSI in Düsseldorf, the foreign partners of Halfar System GmbH bid a fitting farewell to their long-standing contact for bags and backpacks, Petra Siekmann (to the right Armin Halfar and Kathrin Stühmeyer-Halfar).