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SAF-HOLLAND S.A. appoints Arne Joern as Chief Operating Officer
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SAF-HOLLAND S.A. appoints Arne Joern as Chief Operating Officer
17.10.2016 / 07:30
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SAF-HOLLAND S.A. appoints Arne Joern as Chief Operating Officer
17.10.2016 / 07:30
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SAF-HOLLAND appoints Arne Joern as Chief Operating Officer
Luxembourg, October 17, 2016 - The Board of Directors of the commercial
vehicle supplier SAF-HOLLAND S.A. has appointed Arne Joern (48) as Chief
Operating Officer (COO) and member of the Management Board.
The proven manufacturing and lean management specialist has been with SAF-
HOLLAND for the past four years during which he has held several
manufacturing-related executive positions. He was the key person
responsible for successfully carrying out the Group's plant consolidation
and process automation in Germany. As COO, Joern will assume global
responsibility for the organization and management of the manufacturing and
operating processes of the SAF-HOLLAND Group's production network. In doing
so he will play a key role in gearing the Group's operating business
towards achieving the Strategy 2020 growth targets, which includes sales of
EUR 1,500 million in the year 2020 as compared to sales revenue of EUR
1,060 million in 2015. Joern's key tasks, aside from his responsibility for
global operations, will be to coordinate the purchasing, engineering and
quality management activities worldwide.
Joern has a degree in mechanical engineering and is a graduate REFA
engineer for industrial engineering. Joern brings a sound knowledge of the
automotive and commercial vehicle industries from his role as Group Quality
Resident Engineer for Valeo at VW Wolfsburg and VW Commercial Vehicles in
Hanover. From 2007 through 2010, he was the Executive Director of
Operations at NORGREN GmbH, a subsidiary of the engineering and industrial
conglomerate IMI plc. Before joining SAF-HOLLAND, Joern was a plant manager
at Still GmbH in Hamburg.
About SAF-HOLLAND:
SAF-HOLLAND S.A., located in Luxembourg, is the largest independent listed
supplier to the commercial vehicle market in Europe. With sales of
approximately EUR 1,060 million in 2015 and more than 3,100 employees, the
company is one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of
chassis-related systems and components primarily for trailers, trucks,
buses, and recreational vehicles. The product range comprises axle and
suspension systems, fifth wheels, kingpins, and landing gear and is
marketed under the brands SAF, HOLLAND, and Neway. SAF-HOLLAND sells its
products to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) on six continents. The
Group's Aftermarket business sells spare parts to the service networks of
Original Equipment Suppliers (OES), as well as to end customers and service
centers through its extensive global parts distribution network. SAF-
HOLLAND is one of the few suppliers in the truck and trailer industry that
is internationally positioned in almost all markets worldwide.
Contact:
SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
Stephan Haas
Hauptstraße 26
63856 Bessenbach
Phone +49 6095 301-617
Stephan.Haas@safholland.de
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Language: English
Company: SAF-HOLLAND S.A.
68-70, boulevard de la Pétrusse
L-2320 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Phone: +49 6095 301 - 0
Fax: +49 6095 301 - 260
E-mail: info@safholland.de
Internet: www.safholland.com
ISIN: LU0307018795, DE000A1HA979,
WKN: A0MU70, A1HA97
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
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Luxembourg, October 17, 2016 - The Board of Directors of the commercial
vehicle supplier SAF-HOLLAND S.A. has appointed Arne Joern (48) as Chief
Operating Officer (COO) and member of the Management Board.
The proven manufacturing and lean management specialist has been with SAF-
HOLLAND for the past four years during which he has held several
manufacturing-related executive positions. He was the key person
responsible for successfully carrying out the Group's plant consolidation
and process automation in Germany. As COO, Joern will assume global
responsibility for the organization and management of the manufacturing and
operating processes of the SAF-HOLLAND Group's production network. In doing
so he will play a key role in gearing the Group's operating business
towards achieving the Strategy 2020 growth targets, which includes sales of
EUR 1,500 million in the year 2020 as compared to sales revenue of EUR
1,060 million in 2015. Joern's key tasks, aside from his responsibility for
global operations, will be to coordinate the purchasing, engineering and
quality management activities worldwide.
Joern has a degree in mechanical engineering and is a graduate REFA
engineer for industrial engineering. Joern brings a sound knowledge of the
automotive and commercial vehicle industries from his role as Group Quality
Resident Engineer for Valeo at VW Wolfsburg and VW Commercial Vehicles in
Hanover. From 2007 through 2010, he was the Executive Director of
Operations at NORGREN GmbH, a subsidiary of the engineering and industrial
conglomerate IMI plc. Before joining SAF-HOLLAND, Joern was a plant manager
at Still GmbH in Hamburg.
About SAF-HOLLAND:
SAF-HOLLAND S.A., located in Luxembourg, is the largest independent listed
supplier to the commercial vehicle market in Europe. With sales of
approximately EUR 1,060 million in 2015 and more than 3,100 employees, the
company is one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of
chassis-related systems and components primarily for trailers, trucks,
buses, and recreational vehicles. The product range comprises axle and
suspension systems, fifth wheels, kingpins, and landing gear and is
marketed under the brands SAF, HOLLAND, and Neway. SAF-HOLLAND sells its
products to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) on six continents. The
Group's Aftermarket business sells spare parts to the service networks of
Original Equipment Suppliers (OES), as well as to end customers and service
centers through its extensive global parts distribution network. SAF-
HOLLAND is one of the few suppliers in the truck and trailer industry that
is internationally positioned in almost all markets worldwide.
Contact:
SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
Stephan Haas
Hauptstraße 26
63856 Bessenbach
Phone +49 6095 301-617
Stephan.Haas@safholland.de
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Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Archive at www.dgap.de
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Language: English
Company: SAF-HOLLAND S.A.
68-70, boulevard de la Pétrusse
L-2320 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Phone: +49 6095 301 - 0
Fax: +49 6095 301 - 260
E-mail: info@safholland.de
Internet: www.safholland.com
ISIN: LU0307018795, DE000A1HA979,
WKN: A0MU70, A1HA97
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
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