Schwarzmüller: New CEO and expansion strategy

Jan Willem Jongert switches from Jungheinrich to the top level of utility manufacturer Schwarzmüller with the objective of making the company more „global“
 
From July the Dutch Jan Willem Jongert will be the new CEO of Schwarzmüller, a utility manufacturer from Upper Austria. This was announced by Johannes Hochleitner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, on 24 June, at the company headquarters in Freinberg. Hochleitner says this personnel setting underlines the company’s expansion strategy determined in 2012: “Schwarzmüller will follow a course of growth and become a little more ‚global’. This is the core objective of the new CEO."
 
Jan Willem Jongert will preside over all operative companies of the group. He will directly report to the Schwarzmüller-Holding established in the past year, with the owners Beate Paletar and Manuela Hasenberger-Schwarzmüller managing the corporate group. In addition to Jongert the Management Board includes also Thomas Lindinger (finance), Thomas Schmalzer (production) and Ernst Baumberger (sales).
 
The 49-years old Dutch switches from Jungheinrich, a globally operating German manufacturer of fork lifts, to Schwarzmüller. He has lately been working in China and had been managing the sales segment in the Asia/Pacific-region. Apart from China he had been working in East Europe and Russia on behalf of Jungheinrich. The new CEO sees Schwarzmüller as a "hidden champion" with big opportunities in international markets thanks to their performance.
 
The Schwarzmüller group has dedicated themselves to a new growth strategy in 2012. Launching new products in European key markets and new areas the enterprise wants to generate growth again. As for the current year 2013, they are striving to generate turnover of about EUR 240 million.
 
The Schwarzmüller group is operating in 20 countries and has positioned themselves as a leading provider of drawn utility vehicles in Central, Southeast and East Europe. The enterprise manufactures about 7,000 utility vehicles per year, has more than 1,600 staff and generated consolidated group turnover in 2012 of about EUR 229 million. The product range covers platform, tipper, refrigerated, tank, low loader, container, and timber/stanchion vehicles. In addition to their production sites in Austria (Hanzing), the Czech Republic (Zebrak) and Hugnary (Budapest) they operate a European-wide network of service stations for quick repair and spare parts supply along the major traffic and transit routes.

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