CFO Rainer Gausepohl extends contract until 2026
Gerhard Federer, Chairman of the HOMAG Group AG Supervisory Board says: “Rainer Gausepohl is an experienced financial expert, who has excellent knowledge of the mechanical engineering business and stands for a structured management style with long-term focus. Since joining HOMAG, he has played a key role in shaping the company’s commercial processes, the organization, and the IT landscape, thus enabling significant efficiency gains. His contract extension is an important signal that HOMAG’s sales growth continues to be accompanied by a continuous optimization of the company’s structures and processes.”
Rainer Gausepohl forms the HOMAG Group AG Board of Management together with CEO Dr. Daniel Schmitt and Dr. Sergej Schwarz. Prior to joining HOMAG’s Board of Management, he was Commercial Director at the Application Technology division of HOMAG’s parent group, Dürr.
Company Background
The HOMAG Group is the world's leading provider of integrated solutions for production in the woodworking industry and woodworking shops. Its 14 specialized production sites, about 20 Group-owned sales and service companies and approximately 60 exclusive sales partners worldwide make the company a unique system provider. Backed by a workforce of some 7,000 employees the HOMAG Group offers its customers solutions for digitized production, based on digital data continuity from point of sale through the entire production process, combined with a comprehensive software suite. In addition, the open ecosystem "tapio" (open Internet-of-Things platform) maps the data flow along the entire value chain of the timber industry. The HOMAG Group has been majority-owned by the Dürr Group since October 2014.
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