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After more than 20 years of successful service, Klaus Wuchner, Managing Director of Sales & Marketing, will retire on 31 January 2026. Under his leadership, markilux has developed into one of the best-known brands in the industry. Since 1 November 2025, Ivo Scherkamp has been strengthening the management team at Schmitz-Werke as a partner and will lead the company together with Managing Director Torsten Honemann in future.
Saint-Gobain is implementing a planned change in leadership: Raimund Heinl, CEO of the German and Austrian organisation since January 2019, will hand over the reins to Christian Bako, most recently Vice President Marketing & Development of the Saint-Gobain Group, on 1 December 2025.
On 13 November 2025, the Supervisory Board of Pilkington Germany, part of the NSG Group, appointed Tobias Breil to the Executive Board. At the same time, Dr Christian Quenett, Head of Architectural Glass Europe at the NSG Group and member of the Executive Board of Pilkington Germany AG, was appointed Spokesman of the Executive Board.
On 1 September 2025, Daniel Feische will move to the Glass Technologies portfolios as the Director and will be fully responsible as of 1 December. He succeeds Lars Wismer, who is taking on the role of Regional Head Messe Düsseldorf for Asia in Singapore.
Lisec recently announced that Brett Bedford has become the new head of Lisec UK & Ireland Limited, sharing the responsibility with longtime managing director Georg “Bobby” Mair. Mr Bedford’s professional experience gives him a strong foundation to lead Lisec UK & Ireland.
A sharp decline in demand is currently the order of the day in the window industry - it is therefore all the more important now to have the cost situation under control. In an exclusive series in GW, economist Matthias König looks at important topics relating to corporate management.
PVC system provider Deceuninck has opened a new office and production facility in Donja Bistra, Croatia, at the end of May 2023. The new plant is also the largest factory for laminating PVC profiles in this part of Europe.
Stephan Kranz, Chairman of the Management Board of Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland GmbH, is leaving the Saint-Gobain Group. His successor will be Pascal Decker, who will take over the post on 01 February 2023. Here are the details.
On 1 December 2022, Lars Wismer (49) will take over as Exhibition Director of glasstec, the world's leading trade fair for the glass industry. He succeeds Birgit Horn, who left Messe Düsseldorf a few months ago. Wismer is also in charge of other trade fairs.
The seele Group is a family-run business based in Gersthofen in southern Germany. The company that specialises in facade construction has now announced a transfer of management:
