Personnel
New Head of Automation at K.Hartwall
K.Hartwall appointed Dr. Ing. Ralf Kleedörfer as the new "Head of Automation" on September 2. In doing so, the company aims to strengthen its growth ambitions and the development of the automation division. Kleedörfer succeeds Eero Heinonen, who has been responsible for building up the automation division at K.Hartwall over the past three years.
In the role of Head of Automation, Ralf Kleedörfer will assume overall responsibility for the successful expansion and growth of the automation product range. "Ralf Kleedörfer has extensive experience with both industrial trucks and mobile robots and a very good understanding of customer needs in a fast-moving industry. His expertise and experience will strengthen our ability to continue to provide our customers with first-class automated guided vehicles and tugger trains," adds Jerker Hartwall, CEO of K.Hartwall.
Ralf Kleedörfer has extensive experience in the automation and intralogistics sectors. Before joining K.Hartwall, he was Head of Self-Driving Technology at SSI Schäfer, where he was responsible for business development and partner management. As a manager at Linde Material Handling, he was responsible for the service and development of industrial trucks. In addition, Ralf Kleedörfer held various relevant positions in product development, sales and after-sales for automation, robotics and intralogistics solutions.
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