AMANN Group, a leading German sewing thread manufacturer, has announced organisational restructuring after more than 25 years as CEO of the Group, Bodo Bölzle will be retiring and bowing out as sales set new records.
During this time, AMANN reports, Bölzle has transformed the AMANN Group from a European company into a global player and market leader with plants in Germany, UK, Czech Republic, Romania, China, Bangladesh, Vietnam and soon India.
Bölzle also volunteered as President of the Südwesttextil e.V. Association and established a milestone in textiles training with the construction of Texoversum at the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences. In order to provide his expertise and support to the AMANN Group also in future, Bodo Bölzle, following an expressive wish, will join the advisory board after departing at year’s end.
The new management team of the AMANN Group is now complete: In addition to Wolfgang Findeis (CFO) and Peter Morgalla (COO), Ivo Herzog as Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer (CSIO) and Arved Westerkamp as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) will be shaping the future of this manufacturer of high-quality industrial sewing threads, embroidery threads and smart yarns.
“After Bodo Bölzle informed us of his wish to enter a well-deserved retirement, we grappled intensively with the tasks of the future management team and the prospective development of the AMANN Group,” says Katja Pielenz, a shareholder and member of the Advisory Board of the AMANN Group, adding, “We see our social responsibility in terms of ensuring the comprehensive sustainability of our economic activities as a central point here.”
With the creation of the Sustainability & Innovation Department, which is managed by Ivo Herzog from the new management team, the company is now resolutely taking its next step on the path to a holistically sustainable direction in its business model as the basis for future economic success.
“We are convinced that the only way for us to keep expanding our leading position on the market is with a sustainable set of values and by taking a future-oriented approach,” commented Ivo Herzog, adding, “The test of our actions must be whether we contribute to a livable environment for future generations in both ecological and social terms.”
A glimpse into this future is already possible in AMANN’s product range: the certified Lifecycle product line is now a byword for a 100 per cent circular economy. But this transformation of the textile industry has only just begun and Arved Westerkamp, responsible for sales as the new Managing Director, explained, “It is now a matter of designing a sustainable business model in which company interests and sustainability criteria go hand in hand, thus making a significant contribution to solving the global challenges facing the textiles industry.”
“We owe our ability to boldly push forward to the people who have led our company to success in recent years. The new management team featuring Wolfgang Findeis, Ivo Herzog, Peter Morgalla and Arved Westerkamp combines the best possible strengths to both preserve what has been proven and dare to try new things,” averred Katja Pielenz.
