Nikolaus Michelsen, GEKA GEKA, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of brushes, applicators and complete packaging systems for the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries, is the new owner of OEKA, an internationally active manufacturer of plastic and metal components. The merger will strengthen the global market position of the two regional companies from Franconia. “Our aim is to create a globally operating German champion specialized in the development and production of applicators Read more [...]

Call it Das re-Boot. Bavaria Studios, the German production company behind Wolfgang Petersen's anti-war film Das Boot are planning a remake of the 1981 Oscar-nominated classic. Bavaria boss Christian Franckenstein told German trade magazine Blickpunkt Film that Das Boot is one of several properties from its rights library the company is looking to relaunch.  Based on the novel by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, who was a war reporter stationed on an U-Boat during WWII, Das Boot is one of the most Read more [...]