12/15/2020

Ralf W. Dieter to become new HOMAG Group CEO

Schopfloch, December 15, 2020. Ralf W. Dieter is taking over as CEO of HOMAG Group AG. Gerhard Federer, member of the supervisory board of HOMAG Group AG, was elected as the new chairman of the supervisory board.

Ralf W. Dieter was appointed CEO by the supervisory board of HOMAG Group AG at its today´s meeting, with effect from January 1, 2021. He will hold this position in addition to his function as CEO of Dürr AG.

In this context, Ralf W. Dieter will resign from his role as chairman of the supervisory board of HOMAG Group AG and his membership of the supervisory board as of December 31, 2020. At today's meeting, Gerhard Federer was elected as the new chairman of the supervisory board of HOMAG Group AG from January 1, 2021.

Ralf W. Dieter: "Due to my long-standing function as chairman of the supervisory board of HOMAG Group, I know the company very well. I am very much looking forward to now taking over operational responsibility for the HOMAG Group."

End of September, Pekka Paasivaara, the previous CEO of the HOMAG Group, announced he would not be available for a contract extension and will be leaving the company by mutual agreement on December 31, 2020. Ralf W. Dieter: "Pekka Paasivaara has played a major role in the further development of HOMAG. He has been particularly successful in driving forward the expansion of HOMAG´s international business." As of January 1, 2021, the management board of HOMAG Group AG will consist of Ralf W. Dieter and CFO Rainer Gausepohl.

Dr. Jochen Weyrauch, member of the management board of Dürr AG, is to become member of the supervisory board of HOMAG Group AG. The application for the court appointment has been filed. Dr. Steffen Lorscheider, partner at legal consultants Spieker & Jäger, Dortmund, succeeds supervisory board member Dr. Jochen Berninghaus, who passed away earlier this year.

 

Company Background

The HOMAG Group is the world's leading provider of integrated solutions for production in the woodworking industry and woodworking shops. Its 14 specialized production sites, about 20 Group-owned sales and service companies and approximately 60 exclusive sales partners worldwide make the company a unique system provider. Backed by a workforce of some 7,000 employees the HOMAG Group offers its customers solutions for digitized production, based on digital data continuity from point of sale through the entire production process, combined with a comprehensive software suite. In addition, the open ecosystem "tapio" (open Internet-of-Things platform) maps the data flow along the entire value chain of the timber industry. The HOMAG Group has been majority-owned by the Dürr Group since October 2014.

Disclaimer

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