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Change of leadership at Tican

Tican Fresh Meat A/S is making a long-planned change at the top of the company. On April 1, 2022, Sebastian Laursen will be the new CEO of the group of companies, which has belonged to the German Tönnies Holding since 2016. He succeeds Niels Jørgen Villesen, who spent 24 years in top management at the company, most recently as CEO...

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Westfleisch appoints Michael Schulze Kalthoff to the board

The Westfleisch SCE Michael Schulze Kalthoff in its Managing Board of appeal. The 42-year-old is responsible for from 1 December 2021 Board of meat marketer of Munster the entire pork sector. "Michael Schulze Kalthoff has given our association over the past two decades by various management positions in sales, export and manufacture many important impetus," explains Josef Lehmenkühler, chairman of Westfleisch SCE ...

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SWR journalist Sigrid Born-Berg awarded the Bernd Tönnies Prize

SWR editor Sigrid Born-Berg is the recipient of the Bernd Tönnies Prize. The expert jury of Tönnies Research presented her with the award at the 5th symposium on Monday evening in Berlin's Spreespeicher. The SWR editor receives one of the highest endowed media prizes for her TV report "Ethics or labeling fraud - organic meat between animal welfare and free riders". The non-profit Tönnies Research invited representatives from science, media, NGOs, politics, industry and trade to the top-class event ...

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New episode from the podcast "Tönnies meets Tönnies"

The new episode of the podcast “Tönnies meets Tönnies”, which is currently the penultimate episode, is about Clemens and Max Tönnies privately. What are their ideals, goals and attitudes towards life? What do tradition and innovation mean for you as family people? And is it possible to separate private life from the company? The podcast goes into the family and company history of Tönnies. For Clemens and Max Tönnies, the family always comes first ...

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Dr. Mark Betzold completes the management of Handtmann Maschinenfabrik

When Dr. Mark Betzold as the new Managing Director for Production and Technology (CTO), Handtmann Maschinenfabrik completes the restructuring of its corporate management. Valentin Ulrich heads the areas of finance, controlling, services and infrastructure (CFO) as commercial director ...

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New CFO: Daniel Nottbrock hands over to Carl Bürger

At the end of the year, an era at the Tönnies Group came to an end: Daniel Nottbrock (45) is handing over the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) after more than 20 years. As agreed a few years ago, his previous deputy, Carl Bürger (34), will take over the management function ...

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Managing Director Dr. Thomas Janning leaves the German poultry industry

After 25 years of successful work, Dr. Thomas Janning decided to pursue new professional paths in the future. The long-time managing director of the Central Association of the German Poultry Industry (ZDG) will terminate his activities in the association at his own request by the end of 2022 at the latest ...

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