
Alain Kaddoum new Managing Director Savoye Middle East
Savoye, global warehouse automation integrator and software provider, has announced the appointment of Alain Kaddoum as Managing Director for the Middle East.

Savoye, global warehouse automation integrator and software provider, has announced the appointment of Alain Kaddoum as Managing Director for the Middle East.

With effect from August 1, Matthias Klünder has taken over the position of Managing Director at Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks - Logisnext Germany GmbH.

Dr. Thomas Barthel has been the new Head of Sales at Paul Vahle GmbH & Co. KG since August 2021. As Chief Sales Officer, he will also join the Executive Board and be part of the Vahle Group's Global Management Team.

Rob Smith is to become the new Chief Executive Officer of KION Group AG. The intralogistics group's Supervisory Board has appointed the 56-year-old to succeed long-serving Chief Executive Officer Gordon Riske with effect from January 1, 2022.

The owner-managed logistics company Röhlig has appointed Andreas Polychronakos as Global Director as of May 28.

Dr. Tosja Zywietz, member of the Executive Board of SICK AG, and Rolf Adam, SVP and General Manager DACH at Hitachi Solutions Europe, are two renowned leaders who have joined Wiferion's management board. In addition, CMO Julian Seume has also been managing global sales activities as Head of Sales since April.

Europäischer Ladungs-Verbund internationaler Spediteure AG, ELVIS for short, is starting the second half of the year with an expanded management team. The Supervisory Board has appointed Nikolja Grabowski (35, pictured) to the Management Board with effect from July 1.

Beumer Maschinenfabrik, the German regional company of the Beumer Group in Beckum, has had a new Managing Director since May: Dr. Jörn Fontius.

Logistics real estate specialist
LIP Invest, an investment company in the German logistics real estate asset class, is expanding its management team due to its strong growth. Since July 1, Sebastian Betz (33) has been the second managing director alongside company founder Bodo Hollung (61).

On July 1, Dominic Crimp was appointed as the new Chief Operations Officer (COO) of TGW Hub Northern Europe. He succeeds Ian Powell, who has resigned from his position at his own request.

"Highly valued colleague and friend"
Frank Apel, member of the management board, left the Gebhardt Intralogistics Group on June 30 and is retiring.

Hubertus Volmert takes over as Chairman of the Management Board of the Arnsberg-based lighting manufacturer on July 1, replacing Michael Huber.

After more than 36 years at Metroplan, the current Managing Director and CEO Ulrich Dantzer is retiring at the end of the year. From May 2021, Dr. Manuel Schrapers will gradually take over the role of Group CEO of Metroplan Eastern Europe.

New Head of Life Cycle Service (LCS)
Andreas Rupp (44) will become the new Head of Kardex Mlog's Life Cycle Service (LCS) Division with effect from July 1, succeeding Rainer Busch, who is retiring after eight years in this position.

Ruedi Weber joins the Gilgen Logistics management team as Head of Customer Service. This means that the top management of the Swiss intralogistics specialist is once again complete.

Sales manager switches to authentication...
The manufacturer of multi-standard RFID readers has appointed Denis Kim, an executive with experience in international technology sales, as Corporate Vice President EMEA & Japan.

After almost 15 years, the management of BVL's press and public relations work is passing into new hands. Ulrike Grünrock-Kern's successor is Christian Stamerjohanns.

The global full-service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Christa Stienen as Chief HR Officer as of August 1.

Markus Wolf has assumed responsibility as Managing Director of Interroll Conveyor GmbH in Mosbach, Germany, and the two associated Global Centers of Excellence Conveyors and Pallet Handling.

Transformation process continues
Cornelia Müller (54) has been Head of Corporate Communications at automation expert Lenze since February 1.