The representative for the test lab accompanying the production has a feeling for nature

The bedrock of HEROSE Lothar Lindau is an active hunter in his spare time. 

Lothar Lindau was about to go home when the call to HEROSE reached him that Monday evening in September. On the other end of the line was farmer Heini Behnk from Travenbrück – still out of breath: "I just ran out of my corn field ahead of a group of wild boars – can you come over there tonight?"

"Of course, as a responsible tenant, you do not refuse such a request", says Lothar Lindau. That evening he spent four hours sitting in the appropriate seat – but without any result: "The wild boars are smart", says 57-year-old Bad Oldesloer, "they suspected something and disappeared from the field on the other side."

Lothar Lindau is something like a veteran at HEROSE: "In 1978 I learned toolmaking from the company," he says, "which was at that time at the former location in Ratzeburger Straße." In the 42 years that Lothar Lindau has now been employed by HEROSE he has held a wide variety of positions. The passionate hunter is currently "Representative for the production support cryogenic test lab", like the official title says. 

In this function he must coordinate all the imminent tests and ensure, among other things, that the devices are in perfect condition and that the media helium and nitrogen are sufficiently available. Lothar Lindau has had his hunting license since 1998 out of love of nature: "Care and maintenance are very important things to me, and as a hunter I can actively contribute to the balance in the animal world."

For some time this balance has been endangered by the ever-growing wild boar population: “The reason for this is essentially the maize monoculture in our country. There the pigs find a wonderful basis for grazing and good coverage. In addition to wild boar, Lothar Lindau hunts for deer, fallow deer and dam and predatory game – of course, only outside the closed seasons and strictly according to the hunting law.