New MD as Ziegler looks to China

Dierk Mohr is taking over from Dr Peter Hartwig as managing director of J.H. Ziegler GmbH, headquartered in Achern, Germany.

Mohr was previously managing director of the Eckerle-Gruppe, a supplier to the automotive industry and started working for the company this February.

Dr Hartwig is retiring, but will remain as a member of the advisory board. During his twenty years at the helm of he has developed Ziegler from a small local nonwovens manufacturer focused on the furniture industry into a global supplier with factories in Achern and Lambrecht in Germany and in Bábolna, Hungary.

The company’s product portfolio includes nonwovens from synthetic and natural fibres with optional finishing to customer requirements. In 2012, the company achieved its highest ever turnover of more than €39 million. Key markets today are the automotive industry and its suppliers as well as the furniture and plastics processing industries. A new field of activity focuses on materials for insulation applications.

Dierk Mohr emphasised the company’s excellent positioning for the future with above average investments in the development of new products and the intensification of marketing activities will lead to further sales growth.

In the medium term, Ziegler is considering additional production sites since automotive customers require manufacturing in sales markets around the globe. Initial considerations are already being given to customising and finishing facilities in China.