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Dirk Unterstenhöfer becomes new COO at Schirm

04-04-2014 05:09 PM CET | Logistics & Transport

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Dirk Unterstenhöfer, new COO at Schirm

Dirk Unterstenhöfer, new COO at Schirm

Schönebeck, 1 April 2014 – Schirm GmbH, one of the leading production services companies for the chemical industry in Europe, is expanding its operating division and has created the new position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dirk Unterstenhöfer (45) is taking over this post with immediate effect. As a result, the trained agricultural engineer will add further expertise to the management team around CEO Dr. Bernd Müller and CFO Alfred Ludorf. Schirm is a fully owned subsidiary of LEHNKERING GmbH and is part of the company’s Chemical Manufacturing division.
“We’ve created the position of Chief Operating Officer at Schirm in order to be able to cope with our customers’ growing demands in future too. We’re also taking into account the high level of strategic importance that this business area has at LEHNKERING. At the same time, we’re creating the organisational conditions for further growth and a greater degree of internationalisation,” says Uwe Wilhaus, CEO of LEHNKERING GmbH; he is also a member of the IMPERIAL Logistics International B.V. & Co. KG management board.
Dr. Bernd Müller, who is COO at LEHNKERING GmbH and CEO of Schirm GmbH, adds, “Schirm GmbH already has a very good position in the market. Strengthening the management team in the operating area is now an important step so that we can consistently and successfully continue on the path that we’ve embarked on – and focus on our customers.”
Dirk Unterstenhöfer will be responsible for the operating business at all the Schirm GmbH business locations. The production services company operates facilities at Schönebeck (Saxony-Anhalt), Baar-Ebenhausen near Ingolstadt (Bavaria), Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein) and has a business location at Wolfenbüttel (Lower Saxony), which it jointly uses with the LEHNKERING Distribution Logistics division. The company also has a business centre in the United States – Schirm USA, Inc., based in Ennis/Texas.
Dirk Unterstenhöfer has had many years of professional experience in the field of chemical production. Before joining the Stähler Group, now known as Cheminova, in 2006, he spent ten years at Schirm GmbH working in various positions, most recently as the head of the Lübeck business location.
“We’re delighted to have won back a renowned expert for our company in the shape of Dirk Unterstenhöfer. He’ll make a valuable contribution to the onward development of our full-service concept for our customers and he’ll push ahead with innovative business models,” says Dr. Bernd Müller, with real conviction.

About Schirm
Schirm GmbH is a neutral, complete production services company for the chemical industry; it is a fully owned subsidiary of LEHNKERING GmbH within the Group and covers the complete value-added chain; this involves sourcing and synthesising the raw materials and active substances, processing them in multiple stages and even packaging and distributing the goods. Schirm is part of the Chemical Manufacturing division within the LEHNKERING Group. It has four business locations in Germany and operates one in the United States in the shape of Schirm USA, Inc.

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