At the age of 17, Herbert Mederer, current CEO was integrated into the company while simultaneously attending the Candy School of Solingen, where he studied to become a confectioner.
Ingestion of food prepared from insufficiently processed cassava roots with high linamarin levels has been associated with dietary toxicity, particularly with the upper motor neuron disease known as konzo to the African populations in which it was first described by Trolli and later through the research network initiated by Hans Rosling.