Peter Hintzen

How does a successful entrepreneur from the field of apparatus and plant engineering come to design a collection of stainless steel garden furniture? Peter Hintzen became acquainted with the material characteristics of stainless steel during his training as a coppersmith. He set up his first company over 15 years ago and quickly developed it into a specialist in top-technology processing of high-grade steel. Every day, his team at Hintzen GmbH (www.Hintzen-GmbH.de) face up to the extremely demanding challenges of high-performance industry.

The desire to create something unusually beautiful from this "noble" steel was certainly the motivation. The special know-how developed out of the need to innovate while handling the noble material and from the solution-oriented attitude of all the staff to their work. He was also encouraged to go new ways by his love of the sport of diving. The innovative upholstery of the Four Seasons Collection is the convincing result.

"Peter Hintzen grew up in the Rhineland – near Schloss Dyck (the moated Dyck Castle, (www.stiftung-schloss-dyck.de) with its important landscape garden. Alongside the Langen Foundation (www.langenfoundation.de), the castle and its park are among the most memorable sights in the region. Many of the photographs for this website were taken there."