Waldemar Völker, co-founder of the international group of companies Monolith, passed away on 9/3/2009 in Herrenberg at the age of 60 years. The company is deeply affected and mourns the man, who played a key role in the track record and corporate culture of the monolith group. Alongside the two other founders, Arthur Steinhauer and Peter Schuju, it was Waldemar Völker, who launched the project Monolith in 1997 and who was instrumental in the growth of the company. The management of Monolith South is now taken over by Waldemar Heckmann and Völker´s sons Hermann and Alexander Völker.