
Christian Kühnhold leaves EPAL
After more than two years as CEO, Christian Kühnhold is leaving the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL). In October 2018, he took over responsibility for the EPAL Euro Pallet Pool as CEO of EPAL.

After more than two years as CEO, Christian Kühnhold is leaving the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL). In October 2018, he took over responsibility for the EPAL Euro Pallet Pool as CEO of EPAL.

"Competence in the right place"
Since the beginning of the year, Alexander Tigges has been Head of Sales at the Center of Competence (CoC) for Conveying & Loading Systems (CL Systems) at the Beumer Group.

Josef Warmeling, Managing Director Sales Northern and Western Europe, Used Vehicles, Finance-Fullservice-Telematics, Marketing and Communication, is leaving Kögel on March 31 "on the best of terms", the company reports.

Volker Kirchgeorg took over the management of Siemens Digital Logistics GmbH in March. The company specializes in the digitalization of logistics processes.

Editor-in-chief Torsten Buchholz retires
The trade journal "Transport" is getting a new editor-in-chief. Christine Harttmann takes over editorial responsibility from Torsten Buchholz.

Teradyne appoints Kim Povlsen as the new President of Universal Robots (UR). Povlsen assumes his new role as President of Universal Robots on March 1.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Jörg Herwig as its new Chief Operating Officer Road & Rail (COO) as of March 1. He takes over the position from Matthias Magnor, who has decided to leave the company after 18 years.

Saloodo! wants to expand even further...
Dr. Antje Huber took over the position of CEO at the digital freight platform Saloodo! on February 1. She succeeds Thomas Grunau, who has headed Saloodo! as CEO since 2018.

The election of Susanne Schreiber to the Board of Directors will be proposed to the Annual General Meeting of Interroll Holding AG on May 7.

On January 1, Martin Nether took over as CEO of Hans Wormser AG from Herzogenaurach. He succeeds Mirko Schmidt, who left the company on December 31.

Dr. Frank Pörschke becomes CEO
The owner and developer of logistics properties P3 Logistic Parks announces the appointment of Dr. Frank Pörschke (pictured) as its new CEO with effect from April 1.

After more than 20 years with the company, Dr. Arnt Vespermann will hand over the management of Hamburg Süd to long-time Hamburg Süd manager and CCO Poul Hestbaek at the end of the first quarter.

On February 1, the Inther Group strengthened its sales network in Germany and relocated to Baden-Württemberg. As Business Development Manager for automated intralogistics solutions, Stefan Weisshap is responsible for site management and nationwide sales.

Prof. Dr. oec. Julia C. Arlinghaus, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg and Chair of Production Systems and Automation at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, has been appointed to the Science Council of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal President.

Dennis Spamer becomes additional managing...
In order to secure the further expansion of Movianto Germany, the company, which as part of the Walden Group is the market leader for pharmaceutical logistics in Europe, has appointed 38-year-old Dennis Spamer to the management board.

On January 1, the general cargo cooperation CargoLine added Torsten Huberti to its advisory board.

On February 1, Dr. Michael Gürtner will take over the management of the Development & IT departments at Turck Holding GmbH. At the same time, the 46-year-old has also been appointed to the management board of Werner Turck GmbH & Co.

The Executive Board of the Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e.V. (BME) was newly elected on January 15 as part of the delegates' meeting, which was held digitally for the first time.

The Chief Financial Officer of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Dr. Michael Noth, has decided not to extend his contract, which expires in 2021, in order to devote himself to new tasks outside the company. As part of a planned handover, he will hand over his duties to his successor Martin Eberle in spring 2021.

Daniel Marasch becomes a member of the...
With effect from 1 January, the Managing Board of Sixt SE will be expanded to include the new Van & Truck division and internationalization expert Daniel Marasch will be appointed to the Managing Board.