With his over 40 years of service, the name of Heimo Wiesinger was inseparably linked to the Bauer company in Voitsberg for thousands of customers and sales partners in over 95 countries around the world. Exactly 12 years after he founded the office in South Africa, he was also to end his life there: On Saturday, February 20th, 2016, Heimo Wiesinger and Olivier André, Area Sales Manager for France and Africa, lost their lives in a traffic accident near Port Elizabeth.
Heimo Wiesinger, born on November 9th, 1954, in Voitsberg, began his career at Röhren- und Pumpenwerk Rudolf Bauer GmbH immediately after graduating the Polytechnic for Mechanical Engineering in Graz in 1974. Already by 1977, he managed the first major project in Tunisia. In 1992, he was granted authority to represent the company in official matters. In 1993, he received the title of Sales Director. The management buyout in the year 2003 marked an important step. Since then, Wiesinger also held a stake in the company and worked to advance its international expansion: in addition to South Africa, the markets of Australia, the USA, China and Brazil were also added. Thanks in no small part to his dedication, Bauer has been considered for many years a world market leader in the area of irrigation machinery and waste water management. Wiesinger was a father of three daughters.
Olivier André was an Area Sales Manager responsible for the markets of Africa and France. He was 47 years old and is survived by his life companion.
