Emmenbrücke/Düsseldorf, 31 January 2013
As from 1 February 2013, the Executive Board of the Swiss listed company SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH AG (SIX: STLN) is complete again. On this date, Johannes Nonn as CEO and Hans-Jürgen Wiecha as CFO take over their functions at the top of the world’s leading company for special steel. Marcel Imhof, the long-serving COO of the Group who is approaching retirement, will continue to support the introduction of the new
management until 31 July 2013.
Johannes Nonn (47) can look back on a long and successful career in the German steel industry. His last position was as a member of the Executive Management of the German listed company
Salzgitter AG with responsibility for the steel segment, which has a turnover of EUR 4 billion and 8 500 employees. Simultaneous with taking over as CEO, he also takes over ad interim the presidency of the Executive Management of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH (DEW). DEW is the largest operating unit of SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH and generates one third of its revenue. It is currently in a restructuring process.
For the last twenty years, Hans-Jürgen Wiecha (50) has held responsible positions in finance and accounting with the German industrial companies VEBA Oel and Gerresheimer AG, most recently as CFO, and responsible for M&A, at Gerresheimer AG, which is also a listed company.
At the request of Johannes Nonn, the Board of Directors has extended the contract with Marcel Imhof as a member of the Executive Board for six months so that he can continue to support the handover of the management of the Group to Johannes Nonn and Hans-Jürgen Wiecha.
The Board of Directors thanks Marcel Imhof and Oliver Karst, who for the last seven months have held the functions of CEO and CFO ad interim of SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH respectively, for their exceptional support.
About SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH
SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH was established in 1919 in Düsseldorf by Arthur Schmolz and Oswald Bickenbach and since 1937 the company bearing their joint names has been a synonym for tradition in steel. Since the acquisition of the former Swiss Steel AG in 2003, SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (STLN).
Today, the SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH Group is the world’s largest manufacturer, processor and distributor of special steel long products. The Group has a total of approximately 10 000 employees. SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH is the world’s Number 1 producer of stainless long steels as well as tool steels, and one of the ten largest companies for alloy and high-alloy special and engineering steels.