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HAMBURG (dpa-afx) – Several members of the Darboven family are worried about the future of the Hamburg coffee machine. "We are deeply concerned about this company, in which we hold together 42.5% of the shares," writes Arthur Darboven – son of CEO Albert Darboven (82) – with his cousins Arndt and Behrendt Darboven and their mother Helga Darboven in a common open letter. They warn that it can "break with the values of the company and the family". The document is available at the German Press Agency, previously had also reported "Bild" about it.
The core of the problem according to the letter is the question of who in the company ("idea coffee") will have the future. It is also the role of Andreas Jacobs (54 years old), descendant of Bremen Jacobs' coffee business family. "It is completely incomprehensible to us that Albert Darboven, our father or uncle, wants to transfer the management of the family business to Dr. Andreas Jacobs," says young Darbovens.
A spokeswoman for Darboven confirmed the contents of the letter this weekend, The Jacobs Holding in Zurich has received no comments on request. Until now, the management of Darboven society can only be passed on within the family. But Jacobs has "no close ties with our house," say the authors
Arthur Darboven had left the company, which today is more than 150 years old, in 2009 , and now himself occupies raw coffee. Earlier, his father Albert had hinted that someday he could adopt a successor or part of the assets in a foundation. Darboven is currently the smallest of the five largest coffee producers in Germany. In 2016, the balance of the company Albert Darboven Holding GmbH & Co. KG reported a loss of about 4.6 million euros / gw / DP / he
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