Dr. Ulf Starke, who was the Managing Director of Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co.KG for many years and a former Chairman of the Oskar and Rosel Meier Foundation, died unexpectedly last Saturday. The news of his sudden death came as a huge shock to the members of the Foundation's board of trustees, the company's board of directors, the works council, and many other Meiko employees.