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Klöckner & Co SE fills vacancy on the Supervisory Board with digital economy expert Prof. Tobias Kollmann
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Klöckner & Co SE fills vacancy on the Supervisory Board with digital
economy expert Prof. Tobias Kollmann
23.07.2015 / 13:07
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Duisburg, July 23, 2015 - On July 14, 2015 Prof. Tobias Kollmann has been
appointed to the Supervisory Board of the Klöckner & Co SE by the Duisburg
District Court with immediate effect. He succeeds Robert J. Koehler, who
passed away on May 17, 2015.
"With Prof. Tobias Kollmann we acquire valuable digitalization expertise
for the Supervisory Board of the Klöckner & Co SE. In addition, he is part
of a broad network in scientific circles and the startup scene", says
Gisbert Rühl, CEO of the Klöckner & Co SE.
Born in 1970 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Prof. Tobias Kollmann is married and
has two children. He has been involved with scientific issues relating to
the internet, e-business and e-commerce since 1996. As co-founder of
AutoScout24, he became one of the pioneers in the German internet start-up
scene as well as in the electronic marketplace. He has served as professor
for e-business and e-entrepreneurship at the University of Duisburg-Essen
since 2001, where he has also held the chair for business administration
and business information systems since April 2005. In his role as Business
Angel, Prof. Kollmann has also helped finance numerous start-ups over the
past 15 years, for which he was named "Business Angel of the Year" in 2012
by the German Business Angels Network e.V. In April 2013, he was appointed
chairman of the "Junge Digitale Wirtschaft" (Young Digital Economy)
advisory committee, which advises the Federal Minister of Economics in all
critical matters pertaining to the digital economy. In addition, Prof.
Kollmann is the digital economy commissioner for the State of North
Rhine-Westphalia.
About Klöckner & Co:
Klöckner & Co is the largest producer-independent distributor of steel and
metal products and one of the leading steel service center companies in the
European and American markets combined. The core business of the Klöckner &
Co Group is the warehousing and distribution of steel and non-ferrous
metals as well as the operation of steel service centers. Based on the
Group's distribution and service network, around 150,000 customers are
supplied through around 220 locations in 15 countries. Currently Klöckner &
Co employs around 9,700 employees. The Group had sales of around EUR6.5
billion in the fiscal year 2014.
The shares of Klöckner & Co SE are admitted to trading on the regulated
market segment (Regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with further post-admission obligations
(Prime Standard). Klöckner & Co shares are listed in the MDAX(R)-Index of
Deutsche Börse.
ISIN: DE000KC01000; WKN: KC0100; Common Code: 025808576.
Contact person:
Christian Pokropp - Press Spokesperson
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 (0) 203-307-2050
Fax: +49 (0) 203-307-5025
Email: christian.pokropp@kloeckner.com
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Language: English
Company: Klöckner & Co. SE
Am Silberpalais 1
47057 Duisburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)203 / 307-0
Fax: +49 (0)203 / 307-5000
E-mail: info@kloeckner.com
Internet: www.kloeckner.com
ISIN: DE000KC01000
WKN: KC0100
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart
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Duisburg, July 23, 2015 - On July 14, 2015 Prof. Tobias Kollmann has been
appointed to the Supervisory Board of the Klöckner & Co SE by the Duisburg
District Court with immediate effect. He succeeds Robert J. Koehler, who
passed away on May 17, 2015.
"With Prof. Tobias Kollmann we acquire valuable digitalization expertise
for the Supervisory Board of the Klöckner & Co SE. In addition, he is part
of a broad network in scientific circles and the startup scene", says
Gisbert Rühl, CEO of the Klöckner & Co SE.
Born in 1970 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Prof. Tobias Kollmann is married and
has two children. He has been involved with scientific issues relating to
the internet, e-business and e-commerce since 1996. As co-founder of
AutoScout24, he became one of the pioneers in the German internet start-up
scene as well as in the electronic marketplace. He has served as professor
for e-business and e-entrepreneurship at the University of Duisburg-Essen
since 2001, where he has also held the chair for business administration
and business information systems since April 2005. In his role as Business
Angel, Prof. Kollmann has also helped finance numerous start-ups over the
past 15 years, for which he was named "Business Angel of the Year" in 2012
by the German Business Angels Network e.V. In April 2013, he was appointed
chairman of the "Junge Digitale Wirtschaft" (Young Digital Economy)
advisory committee, which advises the Federal Minister of Economics in all
critical matters pertaining to the digital economy. In addition, Prof.
Kollmann is the digital economy commissioner for the State of North
Rhine-Westphalia.
About Klöckner & Co:
Klöckner & Co is the largest producer-independent distributor of steel and
metal products and one of the leading steel service center companies in the
European and American markets combined. The core business of the Klöckner &
Co Group is the warehousing and distribution of steel and non-ferrous
metals as well as the operation of steel service centers. Based on the
Group's distribution and service network, around 150,000 customers are
supplied through around 220 locations in 15 countries. Currently Klöckner &
Co employs around 9,700 employees. The Group had sales of around EUR6.5
billion in the fiscal year 2014.
The shares of Klöckner & Co SE are admitted to trading on the regulated
market segment (Regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) with further post-admission obligations
(Prime Standard). Klöckner & Co shares are listed in the MDAX(R)-Index of
Deutsche Börse.
ISIN: DE000KC01000; WKN: KC0100; Common Code: 025808576.
Contact person:
Christian Pokropp - Press Spokesperson
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 (0) 203-307-2050
Fax: +49 (0) 203-307-5025
Email: christian.pokropp@kloeckner.com
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service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,
Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
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Language: English
Company: Klöckner & Co. SE
Am Silberpalais 1
47057 Duisburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)203 / 307-0
Fax: +49 (0)203 / 307-5000
E-mail: info@kloeckner.com
Internet: www.kloeckner.com
ISIN: DE000KC01000
WKN: KC0100
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart
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