{"id":2,"date":"2020-08-06T09:19:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlt.us\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-14T16:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:19:48","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arlt.us\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"About ARLT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Family history shows that the Arlt\u2019s, for more than 150 years, where involved in technical matters. First trained mechanic I know of was 1829 born Karl Martin Arlt, who became one of the early train-drivers of Germany. I remember to listen to the stories told by my grandmother &#8211; complaining that her husband, 1893 born Hermann E Arlt, a trained metal-turner, ruined the kitchens table cloth with chemicals. This was when he bought his first camera. He developed the exposed film on his own. <a href=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/en\/hobby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I like to collect and read books, I\u2019m interested in science, history, dogs and volunteering in political activities<\/a> on municipal level. But the most important &#8220;hobby&#8221; was and is still &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/en\/travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">travelling to far away countries<\/a> and meet people there from all walks of life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My homepage is about this favorite passions.<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/holzer-family-1925-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"Arlt Holzer family 1925\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/holzer-family-1925-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/holzer-family-1925-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/holzer-family-1925-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/holzer-family-1925.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My ancestors &#8211; 100 years ago celebrate a wedding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arlt family motto is \u201cimmer weiter\u201d which translates \u201cgo on further\u201d. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/en\/genealogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The professions of my ancestors cover a wide range of industries<\/a>. But the majority worked as civil servants, mainly in the military (related) field. My father, H E Arlt, a professional soldier in WW2, started his own business after the war in the area of technical sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"39\" src=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-erika-maiden-holzer-1942-636x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-erika-maiden-holzer-1942-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-erika-maiden-holzer-1942-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-erika-maiden-holzer-1942.jpg 656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-helmut-1942-1-688x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-helmut-1942-1-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-helmut-1942-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-helmut-1942-1-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-helmut-1942-1-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt-helmut-1942-1.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">H E Arlt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">E L Holzer and H E Arlt &#8211; my parents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I began early a apprenticeship &#8211; programme as trained mechanic. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>After finishing the military service in the German Airforce, I achieved a University degree in Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering. Now, with more than 40 years of <a href=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/en\/career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">engineering and projects experience gathered in six German technology leading groups<\/a>, I am working as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.innotechsystems.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">freelance consultant for clients in the Asia-Pacific region<\/a>. Most projects of today are in the fields of pharmaceutical production or logistics technology. Also as tribute to the Corona pandemics, I settled down a bit more in recent times. And I got involved into local politics. Now I spend time and effort in the district-council in Northrhine-Westphalia as the Leader of the Fraction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dielinke-kreistag-gt.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Die Linke<\/a> (The Left party) .<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt_auf_kansai_93_raw-1024x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt_auf_kansai_93_raw-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt_auf_kansai_93_raw-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt_auf_kansai_93_raw-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt_auf_kansai_93_raw-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/arlt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/arlt_auf_kansai_93_raw-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, 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