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Wittur Holding GmbH: CEO Patrik Wohlhauser to leave Wittur Group
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CEO Patrik Wohlhauser to leave Wittur Group
Wiedenzhausen, June 2nd, 2017 - The Wittur Group (ISIN: XS1188024548, XS1188025438) announced today that the Supervisory Board and CEO Patrik Wohlhauser have mutually agreed to terminate their cooperation. Gerrit Marx, an Operating Partner at Bain Capital who has been responsible for the Wittur Group since Bain Capital first invested in the company more than two years ago, will assume Patrik Wohlhauser's responsibilities as interim CEO with immediate effect. This will give the Supervisory Board sufficient time to find the best possible candidate for the CEO position.
Gerrit Marx has been seconded and temporarily released from his duties at Bain Capital for the duration of his assignment with Wittur. Having held various leading positions at Volkswagen and Daimler Trucks prior to joining Bain Capital, Gerrit Marx can draw on a wealth of management experience combined with in-depth expertise in the elevator industry and knowledge of the Wittur Group's main multinational customers.
The Wittur Group remains fully committed to its strategy and its future expansion plans following the successful integration of Sematic.
Investor Relations Contact
Yara Kes
Wittur Holding GmbH
Rohrbachstraße 26-30
85259 Wiedenzhausen | Germany
Phone: +49(81 34) 18 - 173
Mail: yara.kes@wittur.com
About the Wittur Group
Founded in 1968, Wittur is one of the world's leading independent elevator components manufacturers with an extensive global manufacturing footprint and sales network and a broad range of products.
Its product offering features a large range of components for new elevator manufacturing and sourcing, for spare parts and for modernization and upgrades. Components made by Wittur span from
sophisticated mechatronic components for elevator cabin and landing doors (including the associated opening mechanisms) to other critical components such as gearless drives, slings, safety gears
and cars.
In 2016, Wittur further expanded its global reach and its portfolio with the acquisition of the Sematic Group. Sematic S.p.A. and its subsidiaries, an Italian group founded in 1959, added a
complementary product offering including complete elevator solutions, highly customised doors, electronic components and cabins. Installation of elevators and maintenance services are not part of
the business. The Wittur Group has a work force of around 4,400 employees and conducts business in more than 50 countries. It is majority owned by funds managed by Bain Capital.
For more information on the company, please visit www.wittur.com.
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Language: | English |
Company: | Wittur Holding GmbH |
Rohrbachstraße 26-30 | |
80259 Wiedenzhausen | |
Germany | |
Phone: | +49 (0)8134 18 - 0 |
Fax: | +49 (0)8134 18 - 49 |
E-mail: | info@wittur.com |
Internet: | www.wittur.com |
ISIN: | XS1188024548 |
WKN: | A14J5R |
Listed: | Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart; Open Market in Frankfurt |
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