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Pfleiderer AG: Management Change at Pfleiderer AG
17.12.2012 / 13:13
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Management Change at Pfleiderer AG
- Michael Wolff appointed as Executive Board Spokesman effective 1
January 2013
- Richard Mayer Executive Board member (CFO) effective 1 January 2013
- Hans-Joachim Ziems and Elmar Geissinger leave the company effective 31
December 2012 following the successful reorganisation
- Relaunch of the Pfleiderer Group with new product and sales concept
Düsseldorf, 17 December 2012 - The Supervisory Board of Pfleiderer AG has
appointed Mr. Michael Wolff (52) as member of the Executive Board and
Spokesman of the Executive Board effective 1 January 2013. Also effective
on 1 January 2013, Mr. Richard Mayer (50) has been appointed as Executive
Board member (Chief Financial Officer) for the company.
The two current Executive Board members Hans-Joachim Ziems and Elmar
Geissinger have resigned as board members effective 31 December 2012 and
will be parting ways with the company on that date. As previously
announced, this step follows the successful reorganisation of the
Pfleiderer Group.
The Supervisory Board sincerely thanks Mr. Ziems and Mr. Geissinger for
their extraordinary performance and achievements in the course of a highly
complex reorganisation and realignment of the engineered wood manufacturer
group.
Michael Wolff, the future Spokesman of the Executive Board, has been active
in the Pfleiderer Group since 2004. He will be performing his duties as
Executive Board member in addition to his current functions as Chairman of
the Board for the Business Centre Western Europe and of Pfleiderer
Holzwerkstoffe GmbH with headquarters in Neumarkt/Upper Palatinate. Since
December 2011, Wolff has also held the position of Chairman of the
Supervisory Board for the listed company Pfleiderer Grajewo S.A. in Poland
(Pfleiderer share: 65 %), which represents the group's Business Centre
Eastern Europe. Michael Wolff has played a major role in the reorganisation
and development of the Western European business.
Mr. Richard Mayer (50) is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer
(CFO). He worked more than 17 years for Wacker Neuson SE, a group for
construction and compact machines listed in the SDax, thereof 12 years as
member of the Executive Board. Mr. Richard Mayer is a business
administration graduate with extensive experience in classic business
management functions as well as the optimisation of business processes.
Michael Wolff: 'Pfleiderer is now in a position to focus all of its energy
on the future and on business operations. We have made good use of this
year for the further development of our market strategy as well as our
products and services, in addition to strengthening our market presence.
Starting in 2013, we are presenting ourselves to our customers exclusively
under the Pfleiderer umbrella brand. In doing so, we see ourselves as an
integrated supplier of high-quality and sustainable engineered wood
products with extensive expertise in the areas of decorative surfaces and
services. We have harmonised sales and will have a strong focus on the
industry, distributor and commercial business sectors. The new world of
Pfleiderer will be presented to the public at the BAU 2013 trade fair in
Munich in mid-January. With the new organisation weare heading into the
new year with confidence.'
About the new Pfleiderer Group
Pfleiderer is a leading European manufacturer of engineered wood materials.
Group sales are expected to total more than EUR 1 billion for 2012. The
company has around 3,500 employees group-wide in its two business units,
the Business Centre Western Europe and the Business Centre Eastern
Europe. Under the Pfleiderer umbrella brand, the BC Western Europe combines
the Duropal, wodego and Thermopal product ranges and is a partner for
industry, distributors, trades, planners and architects. The company has
five production plants in Germany. In the BC Eastern Europe, Pfleiderer has
a majority interest in the listed Polish subsidiary Pfleiderer Grajewo
S.A., which holds a strong market position in the Polish engineered wood
material market.
Contact:
Frank Elsner
Frank Elsner Kommunikation für Unternehmen GmbH
phone: + 49 89 99 24 96 30
Mail: office(at)elsner-kommunikation.de
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Language: English
Company: Pfleiderer AG
Kennedydamm 55
40476 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 211 929 638 20
Fax: +49 (0) 211 929 638 23
E-mail: lothar.sindel(at)pfleiderer.com
Internet: www.pfleiderer.com
ISIN: DE0006764749
WKN: 676474
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