:: Appointments at Larox Group

Larox has announced several management appointments at Finnish and international locations.

Larox Group Management Team

• Mr Topi Karppanen, President
• Mr Jukka Anttila, Vice President, Sales
• Mr Pentti Köylijärvi, Vice President, Project Business
• Mr Juhana Ylikojola, Vice President, Service
• Mr Jori Halkola, Chief Financial Officer
• Mrs Minna-Riitta Peippo, Vice President, HR, IT and Quality
• Mr Kari Suninen, Vice President, Supply Chain Management
• Mr Jukka Koskela, Vice President, Product Factories
• Mr Matti Julku, Vice President, Integration (extraordinary member during the integration process)

Larox Project Business

• Mr Jason Palmer has been appointed Business Line Director for Mining and Metallurgy
• Mr Louis Manie has been appointed Business Line Director for Chemical Process Industry
• Mr Menrad Wesp has been appointed Senior Manager for Process Support and Testing
• Mr Kyösti Kemppi has been appointed Senior Manager for Product Development

Corporate Communications

• Mr Mikko Häkämies has been appointed to the position of Chief Communications Officer of Larox Group.

Sales Organization

• Mr Lloyd Holliday has been appointed Regional Director, Sales, North and South America
• Mr Reiner Weidner has been appointed Regional Director, Sales, Western Europe, North Africa and Middle East
• Mr Ulrich Derenthal has been appointed Regional Director, Sales, Scandinavia, Finland, CIS, Eastern Europe and Southern Africa
• Mr Petteri Taavitsainen has be appointed Regional Director, Sales, Asia and Australia

Regional directors have regional responsibilities for the sales management of all new-generation Larox project business products.

Mr Dirk Otto has been appointed Global Account Manager. Global Account Manager has the responsibility for managing key customer relationship.

Larox Product Factories

• Mr Rob Lampe continues as the head of Utrecht Factory
• Mr Mikko Tykkyläinen has been appointed as head of Lappeenranta Factory
• Mr Juhani Isotalo will assume responsibilities for product factory development

Mr Henk Hannink has been appointed General Manager of Larox Pannevis B.V. He had earlier been responsible for controlling, HR and IT at Royal Pannevis and afterwards at Larox Pannevis.

Mr Reiner Weidner has been appointed Managing Director or Larox Hoesch GmbH.