
Fred Straßberger new Sales Manager Truck & Van at MAN Truck & Bus
On November 1, Fred Straßberger took over as Head of Sales for the Truck and Van divisions at MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH.

On November 1, Fred Straßberger took over as Head of Sales for the Truck and Van divisions at MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH.

The Supervisory Board of MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland has prematurely extended the appointment of Christopher Kunstmann as Managing Director Finance & IT of MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH for a further three years.

On October 24, the former President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Bodensee-Oberschwaben and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Grieshaber Logistik GmbH received the Cross of Merit on Ribbon in Weingarten.

Recently at the Digital Summit
On October 29, the Digital Summit brought big politics to Dortmund.

The logistics industry is undergoing radical change. Ewald Kaiser, former COO of DB Schenker, founded the expert network "Corporate Navigators" to actively and profitably shape the associated challenges.

Muazzez Anadolu Dindar will take over responsibility for Human Resources at Imperial Logistics International as the new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) from November.

The members of Logistik Netzwerk Thüringen have elected the entrepreneur and co-founder of cocoon GmbH, Holger Sehr, as a new member of the board.

Johannes Danieli strengthens management team
The family-run specialist company Harder logistics, which focuses on company relocations and special logistics projects, has set its course for the future. Johannes Danieli (25 years old) officially took over the position of Junior Project Manager on October 1.

International transportation network
Jens Reibold (41) took over as Managing Director of Eurodis GmbH in October. The Weinheim-based company manages an international transport network for parcels and pallets in 36 European countries.

At its meeting on October 15, the General Assembly of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) accepted Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, as a new member.

Herbert Spiegel (58) took over as Regional Director for Scania Central on October 14.

On October 1, Union Tank Eckstein GmbH & Co KG (UTA) appointed Carsten Bettermann as its new CEO.

Maximilian Brandl joins the Management Board of SALT Solutions. He will also become the company's new CEO from the beginning of April 2020. The current CEO, Dieter Heyde, will move to the Supervisory Board at the same time.

Edoardo Podestá is now in charge of Dachser's global air and sea freight business. He is the new Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the Dachser Air & Sea Logistics business field. Podestá replaces Jochen Müller.

Parksteiner becomes a "Top Hero Partner"
The general contractor Witron Logistik + Informatik GmbH, one of the global market leaders in the planning and realization of logistics and order picking systems, will be the "TOP Hero Partner" of the basketball Bundesliga club medi bayreuth for the next two seasons.

Reinforcement in the management of the Hamburg
The logistics service provider DP World Inland is strengthening its leadership team in Germany. With effect from October 1, Kai Hansen (52) has taken up his new position as Senior Commercial Manager.

The Kroschke Group has appointed Oliver Raisinger as the new Managing Director of Kroschke Logistic Systems GmbH (KLS) in Vienna. Since its foundation in 2007, KLS has been offering its business customers services such as transfers and registrations as well as the registration and deregistration of large vehicle fleets.

On October 1, Christoph Huber will take over as Chairman of the Management Board of MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH. The sales expert succeeds Holger Mandel, who is moving to the Executive Board of MAN Truck & Bus SE.

Alfons Veer goes into retirement
Alfons Veer (65) will step down from his position as Chairman of the Management Board of Bernard Krone Holding SE & Co. KG after 16 years at the end of the year for age-related reasons and move to the Supervisory Board of the Krone Group on January 1, 2020.

New appointments to management positions
As part of the planned generational change, the trailer manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull announced the reorganization of the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting on September 24.