Goran Mihajlovic appointed COO of STILL
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Wiesbaden/Hamburg, 25 November 2009 - Goran Mihajlovic (39) has beenappointed to the management board of STILL GmbH with effect from 1December 2009. He is to head up the newly created production divisionwhere he will focus on further advancing production optimisation atthe company. STILL's management board now consists of Dr Rolf Karg(CEO), Karl-Heinz Birkner (CFO) Bert-Jan Knoef (sales and marketing)and Goran Mihajlovic (COO).Dr Rolf Karg, CEO of STILL GmbH, said: "I am very pleased that theimportant area of production is now represented on the STILLmanagement board. Goran Mihajlovic has worked for STILL since thebeginning of 2008 and during his time with us he has made substantialand lasting improvements to our production efficiency. As STILL'sCEO, I shall be focusing even more strongly than before on itsstrategic positioning."Gordon Riske, chairman of the STILL GmbH supervisory board and CEO ofthe KION Group, added: "Goran Mihajlovic has more than 15 years ofexperience in the industrial-truck industry and he is an idealaddition to the STILL management team. He will help to secure andincrease STILL's long-term competitiveness, which will also beenhanced by the integration of the reach-truck production businessand its relocation from Reutlingen to Hamburg."Goran Mihajlovic, who is a qualified industrial engineer, has workedfor STILL since 2008, firstly as head of the counterbalance-truckbusiness line and then as manager of its Hamburg site. In the latterrole he was also responsible for coordinating the STILL Group's otherproduction sites around the world. From 2001 to 2008, he worked forthe OM brand company in Italy, also part of the KION Group, where hestarted as head of purchasing and logistics before becoming head ofwarehouse equipment in 2003. Between 1994 and 2001, he held variousmanagerial positions with industrial truck manufacturers in Germanyand the UK.The CompanySTILL GmbH is based in Hamburg, Germany, and is a leading supplier ofintelligent solutions for managing companies' intralogistics, whichcovers all their internal flows of materials and information. Itemploys about 6,400 people worldwide and generated revenue ofapproximately ?1.6 billion in 2008. STILL is a member of the KIONGroup, whose Linde, STILL and OM and Baoli brands make it the leaderin the European market for industrial trucks, the biggestinternational manufacturer in China and the second-largest in itssector worldwide. The KION Group employed over 20,000 people andgenerated revenue of around ?4.6 billion in the 2008 financial year.For further information please contactMichael HaugerHead of Communications and Investor RelationsTel.: +49 (0)611 770 655Email: michael.hauger(at)kiongroup.comFrank KopfingerHead of Investor Relations, KION GroupTel.: +49 (0)611 770 220Email: frank.kopfinger(at)kiongroup.comJürgen WruschPress Officer, STILL GmbHTel: +49 (0)40 7339 1508Email: juergen.wrusch(at)still.dehttp://hugin.info/137240/R/1356874/329900.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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