From Westphalia to Saxony and back again: How Crespel & Deiters expands in the east of Germany during the 2nd World War and later on loses it during the GDR again.

About survival during tough times, the battle against chaos and resource scarcity, and how the wheat starch of Crespel & Deiters helped to ensure that the German population had enough to eat.

Why the employees at Crespel & Deiters are so much more than mere workers; why there is a Drei Hasen settlement, and what the pronounced family thought of the company has to do with all of this.

How Crespel & Deiters evolved from a factory in Ibbenbüren to a European corporate group with the strength of an entire family, and why even the managing partners only get five-year contracts.

Why "Made in Germany" did not always stand for a seal of quality; what the role of the British is in this regard, and how German wheat starch products are conquering the whole world.

How Crespel & Deiters revolutionised corrugated board production for the paper industry with the idea of a high performance adhesive made of wheat starch, and how it thereby set the course for the present-day corporate success with the new non-food sector.