Manfred Fuchs

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Manfred Fuchs (25 July 1938 in

Biography

Fuchs' family owned distilleries in South Tyrol, the brewery forest near Merano, which is still family-owned, also sawmills and wine trade. His father also owned a trucking company and a restaurant.

He attended trade school in Bolzano, studied in Munich at the Technical College and from 1957 in Hamburg at the Engineering School. He was a graduate engineer for aerospace engineering and development engineer at Hamburger Flugzeugbau, where he started after graduating in 1959. From 1961 Fuchs worked in Bremen at the aerospace company ERNO, an EADS predecessor. There he was in 1965 a group leader, head of department (Astro Dynamics / Preliminary Development) and department head (Director Department 1982). In 1981, he received full power of attorney. He was involved in the Ariane-1, Columbus and Spacelab projects.

OHB System

In 1981, Manfred Fuchs, along with his wife Christa, who initially owned the shares, became involved with

Under Fuchs' leadership, the company experienced significant growth, expanding its workforce to approximately 1,600 employees by 2009. OHB established its headquarters in the Technology Park adjacent to the University of Bremen, aligning itself closely with the academic and research community. The firm notably contributed to military reconnaissance efforts, supplying the German Bundeswehr with the SAR-Lupe satellite reconnaissance system, and also provided satellite data to Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

By 2009, OHB had achieved a turnover of 320 million Euros, positioning itself as the third-largest aerospace group in Europe, trailing only behind EADS and Thales Group. The acronym OHB, which stands for high-technology Bremen orbitals since 2000, reflects the company's dedication to pioneering space technology. Manfred Fuchs played a pivotal role in the company's ascent, serving as its chairman.^[1] Ownership of OHB remained largely within the Fuchs family, holding approximately 70% of the company shares, even as it transitioned to a publicly traded entity.

In 2010 the company was awarded the contract for the construction of satellites for the Galileo project, a European GPS system and the contract for the European Meteosat project. The subsidiary MT Aerospace in Augsburg the Fuchs Group is the largest German supplier for the Ariane rocket.

Awards and tributes

• 1995: Bremer Entrepreneur of the Year
• 1996: Honorary Professor of the
  Bremen University of Applied Sciences
• 2005: Honorary Doctor of the Polytechnic University of Milan
• 2009: Honorary citizen and supporter of the University of Bremen
• 2011: Werner von Siemens Ring
• 2014: Manfred Memorial Moon Mission

References

External links

• Official OHB Website