From Nürnberger Nachrickten
NUERNBERG - now it is official: The investment company “Intro” of the Nuernberger businessman Hans Rudolf Woehrl delivered an offer for the acutely insolvency-threatened model train manufacturer Lehmann Garden Bahn (LGB) as “Frankish solution” - limits until the coming Friday. “, we would be ready to immediately invest a high one-digit amount in millions from own resources without bringing banks into the enterprise”, confirmed Intro managing directors Peter Oncken. A majority of it would flow into the purchase of the LGB, the remainder into still pending wages and restarting production resting at present. When smaller partner would be,reported as, the US company G 45 as owners of the LGB OF America at an amount takes part. However the Intro offer is limited until next Friday. Originally it should run off already today, before it was extended. Because an agreement between the potential Frankish investor and the LGB Glaeubigerbanken is still not in the contentious real estate question in view, even if insolvency manager Steffen Goede appealed “to the reason of the involved ones” to happen one on the other. Buy or lease? Intro wants to buy the area at the Saganer road, which banks by the majority only lease. “we feel the obligated to the region, as many jobs as possible are to be saved”, said Oncken. But one needs a realistic chance to earn with LGB money. We will not move on this point. “I believe however that the bank pool will follow our demands.” A failure of the Intro offer would be probably equivalent to the end of the LGB production location Nuernberg and its 140 coworkers. Then in all probability Maerklin would receive the addition, which would accept according to well informed circles lease payments. The model course market leader plans however to strongly reduce the staff and to close production completely. GREGOR LE CLAIRE
