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Mann+Hummel adds three new board members

02 Mar '16
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The Mann+Hummel Group, a leading global expert for filtration solutions, has reorganised its management board.

Three new general managers have been added to the Company's executive leaders group. Kai Knickmann has been hired as general manager of the automotive OEM business unit. Josef Parzhuber has been appointed as general manager of the automotive aftermarket business unit and Steffen Schneider is the new general manager of the industrial filtration business unit, according to a press release.

The previous general manager for the automotive and industrial business, Manfred Wolf has retired from the post. Once the planned acquisition of the filtration business of the Affinia Group has been concluded, Wolf will assume a senior function there as executive chairman.

Alfred Weber, the CEO of the company said, “By appointing Kai Knickmann, Josef Parzhuber and Steffen Schneider, we complete the reorganisation of our Management Board. With the appointment of proven leaders, our shareholders and Supervisory Board have once again demonstrated that they rely on the qualifications and motivation of their own employees.”

Kai Knickmann has a degree in mechanical engineering, specialising in combustion engines and automotive technology, from Braunschweig University of Technology. Josef Parzhuber graduated from Passau University with a degree in business studies and learned business Chinese in Beijing. Steffen Schneider has completed his mechanical engineering degree from Stuttgart University as a graduate engineer in 1990. (GK)

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