“We have failed’: Wolfgang Grupp deals against competitors. Trigema produces 100 percent in Baden-Württemberg.

1,200-person company from Burladingen in the Swabian Alb is still holding on bravely. The patriarch was at the helm of the company for more than 50 years before handing over leadership to his children in 2024. “If you are the last in an industry, you are automatically the biggest,” says ex-Trigema boss.