
Nicole Pichin new Head of Communications and Marketing at SSI Schaefer
As Senior Vice President Global Communication & Marketing, Nicole Pichin has been responsible for the international marketing of the SSI Schaefer Group since February 1.

As Senior Vice President Global Communication & Marketing, Nicole Pichin has been responsible for the international marketing of the SSI Schaefer Group since February 1.

VDMA Materials Handling Technology Association
Steffen Bersch, CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group, has just been unanimously elected as the new chairman at the board meeting of the Conveyor Technology and Intralogistics Association.

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Werner, 39, was appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Head of Technology Center (TC) at Swisslog with effect from January 1.

Antje Lochmann has been appointed Managing Director of the Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics divisions of Geodis in Germany.

The former Commercial Director for Conventional Solutions for the EMEA markets, José Manuel Lucio, has been appointed as the new Managing Director of AR Racking with effect from January 1.

On December 27, 2021, the former editor-in-chief of the trade magazines "Transport" and "materialfluss", Torsten Buchholz, passed away after a serious illness.

Agilox appoints new top management. Helmut Schmid will take over the role of CEO in January 2022, succeeding the previous CEO Franz Humer.

The Federal Cabinet has approved the appointment of the Federal Government Commissioner for Rail Transport and the Federal Government Coordinator for Freight Transport and Logistics proposed by Federal Minister Volker Wissing.

Walther Faltsysteme GmbH in Kevelaer underwent a management change at the beginning of the year: Dominik Lemken and Thomas Heilen became the new managing directors on January 1.

Hans-Bernd Effing joins the OLS management team and assumes responsibility as COO. Navid Thielemann will continue to lead the company as Managing Partner and CEO.

Under the direction of Bernard Biolchini
Dematic has responded to what it describes as increased demand with a new company organization for the EMEA region, which has been in place since 1 January. Bernard Biolchini has been appointed EVP.

Sparck Technologies, formerly Packaging by Quadient, is strengthening its sales department in Germany. Mechanical engineer Fabian Mütherich (29) has been supporting the specialist for automated packaging systems as a sales engineer since December 1.

Predecessor Grotemeier switches to teaching
The new Managing Director of BVL will be Dr. Martin Schwemmer, currently Senior Consultant at the Fraunhofer Working Group for Supply Chain Services SCS at Fraunhofer IIS in Nuremberg.

CEO of GeoPost and DPDgroup passes away
The parcel and express service DPD is in mourning: Boris Winkelmann, CEO, died suddenly on December 15 at the age of just 51 in his native city of Hamburg.

Jan Sünneker has been working for the manufacturer of reusable transport packaging since November 1. In his new position as CRM Manager, he is responsible for the areas of development, sales, business development and marketing at Bekuplast.

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG has extended the appointment of Dr. Frank Appel as CEO until 4 May 2023. After that, Post & Parcel Germany CEO Dr. Tobias Meyer (pictured) will take over.

Bodo Schlenker has been Divisional Director Software Solutions at the Beumer Group since April 2021. The computer science graduate can draw on many years of experience.

Effective December 1, Kardex Mlog will be represented by its own branch in Poland. The Kardex Group division will offer the complete service chain under the umbrella of Kardex Polska.

Integration into the Zeitfracht Group
Maren Wolters will become the new Managing Director of Rostock-Laage Airport on January 1, 2022. She will be working alongside the previous Managing Director Dörthe Hausmann.

The Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp Materials Services has resolved the early reappointment of Martin Stillger to the segment's Executive Board for a further five years from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026.