Windfair met Gracher's managing director Carl E. Hoestermann and their Senior Specialist Surety, Kai Grove, for an interview. Read the in-depth interview to find out why the wind industry will start to realize its true potential in the coming years.

Please, start by giving us a brief introduction to your company. How long have you been in business, what exactly do you offer, how many people do you employ?

Carl E. Hoestermann: The company Gracher Kredit- & Kautionsmakler GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2000 by Alfons-Maria Gracher in Trier, Germany, as a specialist broker for the surety insurance sector, i.e. the surety business of insurance groups, and has been firmly established ...

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