By appointing a Supervisory Board at the beginning of 2018, Harro Höfliger has become even more effective. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is the previous Senior Manager, Harro Höfliger. Like his decades-long partner, Manfred Reiser, he has retired from the company management. The Supervisory Board is completed by Siegfried Drost, Managing Director at Excellence United partner Uhlmann, and Hartmut Jenner, CEO of the global family business Kärcher.
With this organizational milestone, the management considers itself well prepared for future challenges. CEO Thomas Weller explains: “This is not about technology and products – those are our key strengths. This is about planning, structuring and ensuring the right strategies, especially given our continued growth and complex challenges such as digitization and shortage of skilled workers.” Company founder Harro Höfliger adds: “For years, the enterprise has been managed very successfully by the second generation. As a member of the Supervisory Board I will be able to assist in the company’s further development with my experience, supported by Siegfried Drost and Hartmut Jenner with their expertise and a critical view from the outside.”
Hartmut Jenner and Siegfried Drost will contribute to the company’s further development as members of the Supervisory Board.
Manfred Reiser, Managing Partner until 2009, and member of the company management until the end of 2017, will also continue to support the company with his technical expertise in an advisory capacity. The experienced engineer joined the organization as a co-partner in 1983. As Managing Director of Design, he made a significant technical contribution to the development of the company. His many groundbreaking designs include high-performance machines for the pouch packaging of instant products and the SM machine series for applying seals to bottles. Furthermore, the capsule filling machine series KFM – a predecessor of today’s Modu‑C family – was designed under his leadership.
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