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Eduard Gerlach GmbH has built its new company headquarters on the edge of the Lübbecker Moor, thereby demonstrating its commitment to the location, to nature and to sustainability. Picture: Eduard Gerlach GmbH

Built with responsibility for the future

Eduard Gerlach GmbH has set its course for the future with its new building. The resulting building not only meets very high traditional quality standards, but also links the company's own history with sustainable action. This results in a building that, in many ways, allows energy-saving operations and production at the highest level.

GEHWOL supports the podiatry team of the Special Olympics 2022. Picture: Special Olympics Deutschland e.V.

Well supported: GEHWOL supported the Special Olympics National Games 2022

Helping people with intellectual disabilities to gain more recognition, self-confidence and inclusion through sport - that is what the Special Olympics stand for. These values were put into practice at this year's Special Olympics National Games in Berlin (19-24 June). The associated Healthy Athletes® health programme was supported by Eduard Gerlach GmbH.

Jobst-Peter Gerlach-von Waldthausen with son Timor, who joined the company in 2014 and has been managing the business at Eduard Gerlach alongside his father since 2018. Picture: GEHWOL.

"Entering a new era with humanity!" Jobst-Peter Gerlach-v. Waldthausen was awarded the Prix d'Hon-neur de la Beauté as part of the Beauty Forum Stars Award

When he joined Eduard Gerlach GmbH in 1978, a new era for professional foot care began. With great commitment and inventiveness, Jobst-Peter Gerlach-von Waldthausen has decisively shaped the industry. His attention to detail, absolute focus on quality and, above all, his appreciative view of people make him a grand seigneur of foot care.

The Maison Gerlach for 30 orphans in Diabo, Burkina Faso | Image: Starke Kinder e.V.

Burkina Faso: Gerlach continues their humanitarian project

After Gerlach had already made the construction of the orphanage in Dabo, Burkina Faso, his heart project in its anniversary year 2018, the company continues to support ongoing operations. The Maison Gerlach was built for 30 children. The first 10 girls and boys have already moved in and are lovingly cared for by the sisters of the "Notre Dames des Apôtres" order.

Jobst-Peter Gerlach-v. Waldthausen and since 2018 his son Timor Gerlach-v. Waldthausen will lead the company as managing partners in the coming era.

EDUARD GERLACH GMBH: 150 years of everything for the well-being of the feet.

Eduard Gerlach GmbH, with its two brands GEHWOL and GERLACH TECHNIK, is one of the most important full-range suppliers of foot care products and equipment for foot care practices and cosmetic institutes. There and in pharmacies, GEHWOL preparations are also the most frequently sold foot care cosmetics - and the best known nationwide.

Footcare made in Germany

Eduard Gerlach GmbH with its two brands GEHWOL and GERLACH TECHNIK is regarded as one of the most important complete providers of foot care preparations and units for equipping foot care practices and cosmetic institutes. There as well as in pharmacies, GEHWOL preparations are also the most widely sold cosmetics for foot care – and also the best known in all of Germany. “Everything for the well-being of the feet”: With innovative performance and consistently continuing to develop product ranges to professionally keep the feet healthy – that’s our claim. After all, health – aside from absence of illness – also means a comprehensive sense of well-being. This concerns both aesthetic claims of being well cared for and the feeling of not having any problems – from head to toe.

EDUARD GERLACH GmbH