Georg Schmidt started as factory manager in Duingen and met Minna, an adopted daughter of the founder and fell in love with her. 1956, Georg Schmidt started up his own business on the old works premises, and breathed new life into the former industrial location. From now on, the firm produced besides music chests and radio cabinets mainly kitchen furniture. As the remaining WINI-Group was in 1967 on the verge of ruin, Georg Schmidt, in the meantime 63 years old, ventured a lucky strike: He bought the well-known name "WINI" and created from the branches of Drakenburg and Marienau the new company WINI, as we still know it today. The location in Marienau quickly began to flourish again. North of the federal road an administrative building and new production halls were built.