Ercan Kara Osman speaks in the Düsseldorf ZOO:M magazine about his family roots in Greece and his entrepreneurial journey from founding the RODOPI Group to expanding into renewable energies. He emphasizes his commitment to corporate responsibility towards the environment and society. Read the recently published interview on the ZOO:M magazine website or download below in

Husum, 04.09.2023 RODOPI Wind Service GmbH & Co. KG is looking forward to participating in HUSUM WIND 2023. The fair is the most important event for renewable energies in German-speaking countries and will take place from September 12th to 15th, 2023. You can find us at booth 1A10. More than 600 exhibitors will present their

Dusseldorf/Xanthi, 08/16/2023 The RODOPI Academy presents its latest initiative in the field of renewable energies: the basic photovoltaic training, a comprehensive further training opportunity for prospective specialists and interested parties who want to gain a deep insight into the world of photovoltaics. In line with the ever-growing importance of renewable energies and global efforts towards

Düsseldorf/Düren in July 2023 The RODOPI Group is strengthening its position in the field of corrosion protection for steel components and is pleased to announce the successful takeover of Dürener Korrosionsschutz GmbH. With the aim of focusing on its core competencies, Claus Queck GmbH sells its shares in the field of corrosion protection. With the

Xanthi, 05/27/2023 Last weekend’s roll-out event was a significant milestone for the RODOPI-sponsored Democritus Racing Team. At the Elisso Xenia Hotel in Xanthi, the Formula Student Team presented its new electric racing car, called “Odyssey”. The aerodynamic design and the advanced drive technology illustrated the commitment of the student team. The RODOPI team was also

Düsseldorf, 02/22/2023 The reports and images coming from the earthquake zones in Turkey and Syria make us deeply concerned and sad. Our thoughts are with the families who have to mourn the dead and injured and who have lost their homes. At RODOPI Group, we have employees who have close relatives affected by this tragedy.

Xanthi/Düsseldorf in January 2023 RODOPI continues to expand its commitment to sports sponsorship and supports the Democritus Racing Team for the 2023 Formula Student season, where the team will use his electric racing car “E-XR1” in the competition. The Formula Student competition is a highly regarded event in the motorsport industry, attracting teams from universities

Athens, 10/15/2022 At this year’s ARGO Awards in Athens, the two RODOPI founders and managing directors Achmet Gkaroglou and Ercan Kara Osman were awarded the entrepreneurial prize. The event, held under the auspices of President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, took place on Wednesday evening, October 12, 2022 at the Benaki Museum in Athens. The event was opened

Hamburg, 10/12/2022 Successful debut at WindEnergy 2022: RODOPI presented its service solutions for the first time at WindEnergy Hamburg, the global trade fair for onshore, offshore and hydrogen, from 27 – 30 September 2022. With around 30,000 visitors from 92 countries, the world’s leading trade fair impressively demonstrated its importance for the internationally accelerated expansion

Dusseldorf in August 2022 It’s that time again: WindEnergy Hamburg, the world’s largest and most important meeting place for the wind industry, will take place from 27 September to 30 September 2022. It brings together a qualified trade audience with 1,400 exhibitors from all areas of the value chain and their innovative solutions. We look

Düsseldorf in January 2022 Since October 2020, the RODOPI group of companies has been operating a GWO-certified training center in Xanthi, Greece. In the city in Western Thrace, south of the main Rhodope ridge, we offer numerous safety training courses for employees in the wind industry – but the training is also suitable for employees

Düsseldorf in May 2021 The North Sea plays an extremely important role for European offshore wind energy. According to the status of offshore wind energy expansion in Germany, published by Deutsche WindGuard GmbH, the fed-in capacity of the plants located in the North Sea was 6,440 megawatts at the end of 2019 – in comparison,

Düsseldorf/Oberhausen in March 2021 Cathedral of industrial culture, important location on the national and European route of industrial culture, Europe’s highest exhibition hall, symbol for the successful structural change in the Ruhr area – the Gasometer in Oberhausen is known far beyond the city limits, stands for the eventful history of the North Rhine-Westphalian region

Düsseldorf in March 2021 Five other RODOPI employees have been successfully tested according to the standard of the Coating Inspector Program and have received their NACE CIP Level 2 certificate. The coating inspectors are able, among other things, to carry out non-destructive analyzes of the condition of coatings and to document the results in detail.

Düsseldorf in November 2020 RODOPI continues to expand: The companies of the RODOPI Group have moved into new offices in Wahlerpark in Düsseldorf-Rath. On a total of over 1200 m², employees in the RODOPI headquarters are offered spacious and modern workplaces on two floors with plenty of space for new ideas. The significant increase in

Düsseldorf, October 16, 2020 Management specialist Kaveh Etemadi has been appointed as a further managing director at ROBUR RODOPI Service GmbH & Co. KG and is now working in a team with managing director Ercan Kara Osman at the head of ROBUR RODOPI. The 40-year-old management specialist Etemadi has been responsible for the worldwide sales

Xanthi, May 25th, 2020 In the fight against the coronavirus, RODOPI donated a total of 40.000 protective masks. The masks have been distributed around the Thrace region in recent months to help citizens fight the corona virus. Multilingual information sheets, which were distributed with the masks, explain in detail the use of the protective masks

Düsseldorf, March 9th, 2020 Negotiations have been going on for a long time, now it is certain: The RODOPI Group has been awarded the contract for extensive work on two further offshore wind farm projects. Our almost 80 strong offshore teams will soon be working on both offshore projects in the North Sea in a

Rostock, 05.03.2020 RODOPI Hanseatic was confirmed by MV WERFTEN as a service partner in the construction of another cruise ship of the Global Class. Following the successful work on the “Global 1”, RODOPI Hanseatic has also been looked after on the sister ship with all conservation tasks from the start of construction to the final delivery

Access systems ensure efficient wind energy Düsseldorf in February 2020. In the fight against climate change, the conversion of the electricity supply is a particularly important factor. This requires investments of several billion euros – especially for the expansion of renewable energies and the extension and digitalization of the electricity grids. But the development of

Oberhausen, 09.01.2020 Order secured: RODOPI Marine GmbH will support the upcoming renovation work on the Gasometer Oberhausen, which is estimated at a total of 14 million euros, as a service partner. The RODOPI teams will be responsible for the areas of steel construction and corrosion protection as part of the complete refurbishment. The outer shell,

Berlin, 30.10.2019 Successful completion of the refurbishment work on Berlin architectural icon: RODOPI has successfully completed all work within the scope of the refurbishment of the museum building by Mies van der Rohe. The refurbishment work has been running since 2015 and is estimated at a total of around 110 million euros, to the complete

Düsseldorf, 18.10.2019 New employees from Portugal: We welcome our first four workers from the Iberian Peninsula. The new employees will actively support our teams in Rostock as team leaders as well as experienced rotor blade technicians. As usual, the entire process from arrival to start of work went smoothly and quickly: After picking up at

Düsseldorf, 09.07.2019 RODOPI has received an order for the coating of monopiles for one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms under construction. All in all, RODOPI is coating all monopiles of the project for tough marine use on behalf of a renowned steel construction company specializing in offshore plants on the North Sea. The

Düsseldorf, 11.06.2019 The smartphone has become a constant companion not only for the RODOPI staff. Being always online has become a matter of course. That’s why we have now equipped more accommodation for our employees with wireless Internet access via WLAN. This means that hotspots are now available in all accommodations in the cities of

Düsseldorf, 24.05.2019 Two further RODOPI employees receive the FROSIO certificate for coating inspectors. This means that the RODOPI companies now have a dozen certified inspectors. FROSIO, the Norwegian Council for the Training and Certification of Surface Inspectors, has been a recognised certification body in the industry for over 30 years. During their FROSIO qualification, participants

Düsseldorf, 21.05.2019 Quality management at RODOPI: RODOPI Marine and RODOPI Hanseatic have been certified as specialist companies according to the Wasserhaushaltsgesetz (“Water Resources Act”). In the audit by the GZS – Gesellschaft zum Schutz von Wasser, Boden und Luft mbH, the two RODOPI companies were confirmed as specialist companies according to WHG. The certificate qualifies

Düsseldorf, 19.04.2019 As of April 1, 2019, Achim Schröder-Zweigardt holds the position of Managing Director of the RODOPI Hanseatic GmbH and the RODOPI Marine GmbH. The 53-year-old Flensburger acts as CTO and is responsible for all technical processes in the Hanseatic & Marine. With over 30 years of experience in the supervision, coordination and auditing

Düsseldorf, 20.02.2019 Efficient, productive and healthy working means first and foremost safe working. So it’s no coincidence that we pay the utmost attention to an optimal level of training for each and every one of our employees and take responsibility for safety and health. In mid-February, our promise was put back into practice, and one

“Our employees are the most valuable in our company. Therefore, since the foundation of our company, in addition to a comfortable accommodation above the legal requirements, an optimal catering of the RODOPI employees has top priority. A continued strong focus on the topics fair payment and high safety standards shows that the topic enjoys a

Düsseldorf, 13.06.2018 Rotor Blade Service: WKA Blade Service and Rodopi Blades establish joint venture The two wind specialists intend to jointly carry out rotor blade repairs and optimizations in the future. With the new cooperation, both companies will combine their expertise. Rodopi Blades brings with it extensive and long-standing experience in the manufacture and repair