Palfinger : Felix Strohbichler appointed new CFO of PALFINGER AG
August 21, 2017 at 08:43 pm IST
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21/08/2017
The Supervisory Board has appointed Felix Strohbichler as the Company's new CFO, succeeding Christoph Kaml as of 1 October 2017
15 years of experience at PALFINGER, 12 thereof as head of various business divisions
The Supervisory Board of PALFINGER AG appointed Felix Strohbichler as the successor of the retiring CFO Christoph Kaml, with effect as of 1 October 2017. Strohbichler, 43, is currently employed by the B&C Group as the managing director of B&C Industrieholding GmbH, which is a majority shareholder of Lenzing AG, Semperit AG Holding, AMAG Austria Metall AG and others.
'We are pleased to welcome Mr Strohbichler, an allrounder in the field of business management, to our Management Board', says Hubert Palfinger jun., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PALFINGER AG, commenting on the reasons for Strohbichler's appointment. 'He knows our Group from his experience in a variety of positions and has been successful as the managing director of various business divisions.'
After completing a doctorate in law, Strohbichler engaged in academic work and was employed with a law firm before joining PALFINGER AG in 2000 as the head of its legal department. Later, as the managing director of Palfinger Europe GmbH, he was primarily in charge of sales and service for the loader crane product area, and, as the head of the business unit tail lifts, he was responsible for the acquisitions of Ratcliff (UK) and MBB (DE). In 2010, he was in charge of the restructuring of the French subsidiary Guima Palfinger. Prior to leaving PALFINGER to take up his post as managing director of B&C Industrieholding GmbH in 2015, he was the managing director of Palfinger EMEA GmbH, where his main responsibilities included marketing, sales and service as well as finances and controlling.
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Palfinger AG is an Austria-based company that is engaged in the manufacture of hydraulic lifting, loading and handling systems for all interfaces in the transport chain. Its core product is the truck-mounted knuckle boom crane, which is available in approximately 150 models. The Companyâs product portfolio includes telescopic cranes, timber and recycling cranes, container handling systems, transportable forklifts, tail lifts, high-tech railway applications and access platforms, as well as related services. The Company comprises approximately 50 companies, such as Herkules Harding Holding AS, and operates approximately 30 manufacturing and assembly sites, and operates a global sales and service network with approximately 5000 outlets as well as more than 200 independent importers in more than 130 countries on all continents.