“Ziehl-Abegg is a family business and will continue to be so in the future," says Dennis Ziehl. "This DNA has been moulded by my family over more than 100 years and this will continue in the face of global change.” The Supervisory Board has therefore decided to hand responsibility for the entire Executive Board over to the successful Chief Operating Officer Joachim Ley. Ley, who holds a degree in industrial engineering, has been active as the company’s COO (Chief Operating Officer) since 2021. The experienced manager was also responsible for production, purchasing, central logistics and processes. Joachim Ley is 47 years old, married and has two children. After completing his studies, he took on various management positions in the operational area. Prior to joining Ziehl-Abegg, he was a member of the Board of Directors of a market-leading supplier to the aviation industry for many years. At that time, his life was already centred on North Württemberg.
“With Mr. Joachim Ley (CEO), Mr. Wolfgang Mayer (CTO) and a successor for the position of CFO to be named as soon as possible, in future we will have an Executive Board comprising 3 members," explains Chairman of the Supervisory Board Ziehl.
“I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Wucherer as CEO and Mr. Kanig as CFO for their work over the past years," emphasizes Dennis Ziehl. Dr. Wucherer introduced a strategy for the future to make the company fit to compete on the global stage. “The path chosen for this purpose was and remains both right,” stresses the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
“The Supervisory Board and I wish Dr. Marc Wucherer all the best and every success both for his future career and in his private life” says Dennis Ziehl. We also wish Mr. Kanig success for the remainder of his time at ZIEHL-ABEGG and success in his subsequent future career.
About Ziehl-Abegg
Ziehl-Abegg (Künzelsau, Germany) is one of the leading global companies in the field of ventilation, control and drive technology. In the 1950s, Ziehl-Abegg established the basis for modern fan drives: external rotor motors which even today are still seen as state-of-the-art worldwide. Another area of business is electric motors which provide the power, for example, for elevators, medical applications (computer tomography equipment) or deep-sea underwater vehicles.
The high-tech company has an impressive innovative capability. Ziehl-Abegg (year 2023) employs 2,800 personnel in its production plants in southern Germany. The company has a global workforce of 5,000 spread between 17 production plants, 30 companies and 117 sales locations. The products, approx. 30,000 in all, are sold in more than 100 countries. Turnover totals 955 million euros.
Emil Ziehl founded the company in Berlin in 1910 as a manufacturer of electric motors. After World War II the company’s headquarters were relocated to southern Germany. Ziehl-Abegg SE is not a listed company but instead is family-owned.
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