Continued growth with a new CFO

KIEFEL GmbH, a market leader company for thermoforming and joining technology for plastics and natural fibers, has a new member on the management board. Anne Dierkopf took over the role of CFO at Kiefel on May 1st. She replaces Richard Schmidhofer, who filled the position on an interim basis for around a year.
Anne Dierkopf thus completes the management board with CEO Thomas Halletz and CTO Stefan Moll. She is responsible for the areas of finance, purchasing and IT. Her tasks will focus, among other things, on securing the supply chain and finalizing the deployment of SAP S/4HANA. In addition, she will continue to drive forward the organizational and systemic development of the company during high growth.
Continued international business development
“We see Anne Dierkopf as an ideal addition to the management team at Kiefel at this time,” emphasizes Thomas Halletz. “Together we will accelerate our growth course and further advance our international business development with regard to sustainable turnkey solutions for the plastics and natural fibers packaging sectors, as well as for the healthcare and appliances sectors.”
“I’m looking forward to the exciting tasks that lie ahead of me in the innovative technology environment at Kiefel. Together we will realize the vision of the Kiefel Group and further develop the potential of the Kiefel companies,” adds Dierkopf.
Anne Dierkopf has many years of industry experience in the plastics sector as well as machine and tool construction and has worked as a CFO and managing director at international companies including Veridos, ROWA and Simona. In addition to the reorganization of financial and organizational processes, she has also managed mergers and acquisitions activities in her functions and made significant contributions to the achievement of significant growth targets by the companies.