Visit of state secretary Gonca Türkeli and Ms. Heike Troles Mdl at Humintech on 27.04.2022
NRW State Secretary for Integration Gonca Türkeli-Dehnert and local constituency MP Heike Troles MdL (both CDU) accepted the invitation extended by Humintech and visited the company at its Grevenbroich site on 27.04.2022. On site, both were informed about the development, production and marketing of humic-based agricultural inputs and the current status of the new European fertilizer regulation (EU) 2019/1009) by the directors Mr. Aydogan Cengiz and Müfit Tarhan as well as by the head of research and development Mr. Berthold Stern.
Together they were able to explain to the representatives of politics the high importance of humicbased products in the context of the current European agricultural strategy "Farm to Fork" for the development of a more sustainable and climate-friendly agriculture. Furthermore, the participants of the event discussed the orientation of the current subsidy policy in connection with the upcoming structural change in the Rheinish lignite mining area, especially in the area of "Agrobusiness and Resources", in which Humintech has already been involved for years.
The importance of long-term security of supply with regionally available raw materials (Leonardite) was also discussed, which should secure operations, international competitiveness and the preservation of jobs in the region. As Secretary of State for Integration in the Ministry for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Mrs. Türkeli-Dehnert was highly impressed by the "multicultural" team and the high percentage of women in the workforce of Humintech GmbH. At the end of the visit, Mr. Tarhan presented and explained the production plant at the Grevenbroich site.