Viastore Group
Thomas Hibinger promoted to CEO
On January 1, 2024, Thomas Hibinger, previously COO of intralogistics specialist Viastore Systems in Stuttgart, will become the new CEO of the Viastore Group.
He succeeds Philipp Hahn-Woernle, who is stepping down as Managing Director and CEO of the Group as planned on December 31, 2023 and will then pursue other activities outside the Viastore Group. Philipp Hahn-Woernle joined Viastore in 2009 and has been CEO of the Group since 2013. Under his leadership, the company developed into one of the leading experts for supply chain solutions in the manufacturing industry. With the spin-off of the software business in 2015, he also established a new important business segment for Viastore. Over the past two years, he has successfully managed the integration of the company into the TICO Group.
"The Advisory Board would like to thank Philipp very much for his successful work in shaping Viastore into the profitable intralogistics expert it is today. We wish him a healthy and happy future, both in his personal and business life," says Toru Suzuki, Chairman of the Viastore Advisory Board. Hahn-Woernle's successor Thomas Hibinger has already been Managing Director and COO of Viastore Systems since May 2020 and has led the company to growth and even more successful development despite all the recent challenges.
Before joining viastore, he worked in various management positions with a focus on the systems business at Thyssen Krupp and Eisenmann. Toru Suzuki: "With the internal succession plan, we are giving the company, the employees and the customers continuity and new energy for viastore's future growth course." The Viastore Group had already appointed a new CFO, Dominic Daly, on September 1, as reported by materialfluss.
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