Overview

• Holger Loclair called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz to make the US–EU trade dispute a top-level political priority.
• He warned that reflexive EU retaliatory tariffs risk harming German manufacturers, including Orafol itself.
• Since the COVID-19 crisis, Orafol has shifted from export-focused ’Made in Germany’ to localized ’German Engineering’ with production sites in the US, Mexico and China.
• After meeting Brandenburg’s Economics Minister in March, the company increased its 2025–27 investment plan from €60 million to €100 million to support overseas growth.
• Orafol achieved €565 million in sales at its Oranienburg plant in 2024 and is targeting €600 million there plus €1 billion group-wide while employing about 3,000 people globally.