Frankenberg at WTCE 2023 in Hamburg

We are pleased to be back at WTCE in Hamburg this year. We are looking forward to welcoming our customers, guests and experts from all continents. Visit us at 4D 30, meet the Frankenberg Family, sample some of our creations and discuss how we can Tailor a Solution for you.

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After 2 years, it was so great to meet all our customers, friends and experts from the industry back in Hamburg. We enjoyed a great show with motivating and interesting talks, good food and an optimistic outlook into the future.

Thanks to our team on the show but also to the entire team in Würselen, who make so much possible and are hence the reason for happy customers in these challenging times.

Thanks to all our long term customers for the fruitful and open conversations and the trust you place in Frankenberg as your suppliers. But also thanks to all the interesting talks to industry experts and potential new customers. It was good to see so many on the show and we are looking forward to seeing you all again at Frankenberg or latest at WTCE 2023!

Frankenberg at WTCE in Hamburg

After 2 years, we are pleased to be back at WTCE in Hamburg this year. We are looking forward to welcoming our customers, guests and experts from all continents. Visit us at 4D 30, meet the Frankenberg Family, sample some of our creations and discuss how we can Tailor a Solution for you.

https://www.worldtravelcateringexpo.com/

Dieses Quartal 2020 war wie nichts, was irgendjemand in unserer Branche oder in einer anderen Branche je erlebt hat. Neben der Vorbereitung auf die Zeit nach der Pandemie und der Minimierung des Schadens, hat Frankenberg die Verpflichtungen erhöht, um Menschen zu helfen, die sich in Schwierigkeiten befinden, ergänzend zu unseren regelmäßigen Verpflichtungen und Verantwortlichkeiten für das soziale Umfeld. Um so vielen wie möglich zu helfen, insbesondere denen, die mit einem Wohnort zu kämpfen haben oder nur über ein begrenztes Einkommen verfügen, haben wir unsere Spenden an Plattformen zum Teilen von Lebensmitteln, einschließlich Suppenküchen, sowie an die Organisation Kältehelfer erhöht. Wir werden weiterhin beobachten und reagieren, um, wo immer möglich, mit mehr Unterstützung zu helfen.

We are all in this together – bleiben Sie stark und gesund!

An alle unsere Kunden und Lieferanten. Bitte seien Sie in diesen sehr herausfordernden Zeiten versichert, dass Frankenberg die Entwicklung täglich überwacht, um die Gesundheit und Sicherheit aller Beteiligten zu gewährleisten. Wir werden den Ratschlägen der Behörden folgen und unsere eigenen Vorsichtsmaßnahmen umsetzen.

Wir in der Luftfahrtindustrie halten alle zusammen und müssen in diesen herausfordernden Zeiten stark bleiben.

Take care.

Congratulations to Helga and Rudi Friedrichs, joint winners of our 2020 Onboard Hospitality Lifetime Achievement Award. This award was given in recognition of their dedication to inflight catering excellence for 35 years at Frankenberg.

This incredible catering partnership all started in 1985 with a simple dish of roast beef esterhazy, potato dumplings and glazed baby carrots. This was the product that won Helga and Rudi Friedrichs their very first airline meal tender.

In April that year, just after their marriage, the businessman, Rudi, and the food nutritionist, Helga, took over a bankrupt company producing meals-on-wheels in Würselen, near Aachen in Germany. Recognising that the existing model for this company was unlikely to succeed, the young couple soon saw new markets had to be found. Rudi called holiday carrier, LTU, with an offer to tender. The new business was located in the heart of Europe, so targeting the growing travel and airline sector seemed a perfect fit.

With no real idea about airline catering back then, but with a passion for high quality, healthy good food and just 12 employees, the Friedrichs convinced the airline to take up the offer. They won business for a one month trial period, catering return flights, and from there, the young company, Frankenberg, went on to produce all hot meals for one of Germany’s biggest carriers.

From its conception, the cornerstone ethic of Frankenberg was never short-term profit, but a focus on adding value in the long-term and to securing a strong base for future generations to build on. It was this core belief that drove the couple to establish long-term, strategic partnerships with customers and suppliers alike. Combined with policies of sustainable development and ongoing investment in latest technologies – Frankenberg has provided consistent tailored meal solutions with total customer care always in mind.

Now, 35 years on, the airline sector remains the company’s primary focus and sustains the beating heart of the company. Today, Frankenberg produces in excess of 200,000 meals every day for many of the world’s international airlines, with a team of more than 500 extended ‘family’ members.

Still a family-owned and run company, daughter Laura and husband Sebastian joined the management team officially in late 2019 and are now joint managing directors, dedicated to to maintaining the commitment to excellence that is Helga and Rudi’s undoubted legacy.

The family says: “The company’s 35 years of success are not only due to its mum and dad’s dedication and hard work but of course to all the ‘Frankenbergers’ that work with us – focused on tailoring the finest food solutions for customers, and setting and maintaining the highest environmental and social responsibility standards we can. We are so proud to learn of this Onboard Hospitality Lifetime Achievement Award, and look forward to building on the amazing foundations that have been created and steering the business through the next 35 years!”