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Having worked for a minor German chemical company in the '80s, I would say it was down to management. The German Mittelstand had parallel career development for those with technical qualifications, resulting in boards that had Engineers and (ex-) Process Chemists represented.
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Marshall plan money
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/marshall_01.shtml
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(scurries off to find books on how the Germans nailed their Marshall plan money and the UK spaffed it away and started a spiral to where we are now...)