lotte and her mother, martha ran the company after hans death 1961, up to the passing of martha in 1969. lotte's husband, otto, was mainly involved in technical issues in the manufacturing during this period. as lotte died on august 5, 1989, and otto on june 29, 1995, the ownership was left to their daughter, barbara buchner. it was barbara who in 1997 gave up the polymer processing and instead focused on producing and selling classical völk dolls, as well as nostalgic collector sets.