Volkmar Wywiol

Volkmar Wywiol is a successful entrepreneur and founder of the Hamburg-based Stern-Wywiol Gruppe. He started the company in 1980 as a startup producing soybean-based natural emulsifiers. Over the past forty years, his company has expanded tremendously and has grown impressively on the global stage, with 12 German specialist companies and sixteen foreign affiliates. Nowadays, the company is a leader in the food and feed ingredients industry.

Wywiol's company is an owner-operated family business, and its success is based on three cornerstones: company philosophy, product development, and production. He believes that employees, customers, and suppliers are equal partners, with the "boss" being the first among equals. Wywiol's company has an intensive customer dialogue program allowing it to refine its products through a broad-based technology lab. Additionally, the company features pilot plants to develop tailor-made food and animal feed functional systems. Finally, the company boasts high-tech mixing and refining technologies for manufacturing.

Wywiol's expertise spans the food and feed ingredients industry, entrepreneurship, and company development. He has demonstrated a remarkable skill set in product development and customer dialogue. His interests include business growth, innovation, and customer satisfaction.