Made in Germany | Portrait of Martin Kind

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Channel: DW News · 2009 · News & Politics

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The German company Kind from Großburgwedel in Lower Saxony is one of the world's top 5 makers of hearing aids. The family-owned business is headed by 64-year-old Martin Kind.He's been running the firm since 1970 and has ensured that Kind produces all its hearing aids itself. In addition,the company also operates 470 stores. But producing hearing aids is only one aspect of Martin Kind's working life. He's also the president of Bundesliga soccer club Hanover,which has made him an even more prominent figure in Germany. Miltiades Arsenopoulos caught up with this man of many talents.

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