I am looking for anyone with information about the companies related to astroturf, and its bankruptcy in '94.

I am looking for anyone with information about the companies related to astroturf, and its bankruptcy in '94. Tied in with this is the german company balsam. seems to me that freidel balsam is operating all of the same companies that he formerly had, through switzerland now.

John G.

Dear Mr. G.,

though I searched very intensively, I was not able to find many Information about the balsam-bankruptcy. I found some articles in the Online-Newspaper of germay-live:

http://www.germany-live.de/gl/Artikel/Journal/1996-05/831129235.html
http://www.germany-live.de/gl/Artikel/Journal/1996-05/832688167.html
http://www.germany-live.de/gl/Artikel/Inland/1996-07/836561313.html
http://paperboy.germany-live.de/gl/Artikel/Wirtschaft/1997-02/855674566.html

And a Newsgoup article in a law Newsgroup:

http://www.recht.de/HyperNews/get/forums/verfassung/6.html

I hope this may help you.

Sincerely yours, Iris Speiser

[09.10.97]