Extrusion International 2-2024

16 Extrusion International 2/2024 INDUSTRY NEWS Additional Managing Director Appointed On 1 March 2024, Jonas Ehinger was appointed as the new and ad- ditional Managing Director of K.D. Feddersen CEE GmbH in Vienna. Jonas Ehinger already worked for the Feddersen Group from 2013 to 2017 – first in southern Germany as Account Manager of the Ham- burg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen and then as Global Key Account Manager of the plastics compounder AKRO-PLASTIC in Nie- derzissen. "Jonas Ehinger has acquired in- depth knowledge of engineering plastics, their application, process- ing and marketing through his mechanical engineering studies at Aalen University, specialising in plastics technology, as well as through his professional positions, starting in 2006 at an Austrian manufacturer of furniture fittings. During his career, he has success- fully expanded his expertise and we are delighted that he has re- turned to us and joined the man- agement of K.D. Feddersen CEE GmbH," says Dr Stephan Schnell, Managing Director of K.D. Fedder- sen CEE GmbH. K.D. Feddersen CEE GmbH www.feddersen.group, www.kdfeddersen.com Change at Management Board Matthias Benz will become a member of the Manage- ment Board of the Zeppelin Group on July 1, 2024. He will succeed Peter Gerstmann as Chairman of the Man- agement Board on October 1, 2024. This was decided by the Supervisory Board of Zeppelin GmbH at its last meeting in December 2023. "We are delighted that we have been able to ap- point Matthias Benz as Peter Gerstmann’s successor," emphasizes Andreas Brand, Chairman of the Super- visory Board of Zeppelin GmbH, Mayor of the City of Friedrichshafen and representative of the shareholder Zeppelin Foundation. "Matthias Benz has many years of national and international management experience and faces entrepreneurial challenges in a strategic, fo- cused and decisive manner – and always manages to take his team with him." "Peter Gerstmann is passing on an excellent, commit- ted and motivated team to me," says Matthias Benz. "I amvery much looking forward tomy new role andwould like to thank the Supervisory Board for the trust they have placed inme. And I amdelighted to be able to take on re- sponsibility for a Zeppelin Foundation company again." Peter Gerstmann has been Chairman of the Manage- ment Board of the Zeppelin Group since 2010 and has worked for the company for 24 years. He informed the Supervisory Board at an early stage that he would not be available for a further appointment and would like to hand over responsibility after 15 years as CEO of the Zeppelin Group. "I'm leaving at a time of economic and geopolitical upheaval, so for me it's indeed quite difficult to step down," says Peter Gerstmann. "With a view to my suc- cessor, our management team and the committed em- ployees throughout the Group, our company has prov- en its resilience in all crises and the course has been set very well." Following his stepping back from the Group Management Board, Peter Gerstmann will be available to advise and support his successor and the Supervisory Board until the end of the year. Zeppelin GmbH zeppelin.com From left: Heribert Hierholzer (Vice Chairman Supervisory Board of Zeppelin GmbH), Peter Gerstmann (Chairman of the Management Board of Zeppelin GmbH), Matthias Benz (as of July 1, 2024 Member of the Group Management Board of Zeppelin GmbH), Andreas Brand (Chairman Supervisory Board of Zeppelin GmbH and Mayor of the City of Friedrichshafen) (© Zeppelin GmbH) Dr Stephan Schnell (left) and Jonas Ehinger