Krone Commercial Vehicle Group is future-proofing its European production activities following an executive appointment.
Volker Perk will take over the role of Managing Director Production succeeding CTO Alfons B. Veer, effective 1 February 2025.
Krone said the specialist, who has been with the company for 27 years, will continue to optimise the production network across all plants and manage future-oriented investment projects. Also, operational responsibility for day-to-day business will remain with the plant managers at the respective locations.
“Volker Perk is a proven expert in his field and has already successfully implemented numerous complex large-scale projects at Krone, such as the construction of the coating centre in Werlte or a wide range of new production facilities,” said Dr Stefan Binnewies of the Krone Group Executive Board.
“Many automation solutions at the sites are characterised by his specialist knowledge. We are very pleased that we have been able to recruit Volker Perk for this important future task.”
This development is reported to also relieve Veer as CTO of the Commercial Vehicle Group who will focus more intensively on the strategic fields of sustainability, digitalisation and electrification in the future.
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