Mannheim (Germany), September 26, 2003 – The Supervisory Board of Gebr. Röchling KG has appointed Burckhard Frank (60) as COO of the company.
Frank has worked for the Röchling Group for over ten years and during this time has run the Sustaplast Group in Lahnstein very successfully as CEO. With his expertise in the area of plastics, Burckhard Frank will make a significant contribution to the future development of the Röchling Group.
Burckhard Frank´s successor as CEO of Sustaplast KG will be Ludger Bartels (50).
Bartels takes over this position in addition to his existing duties as CEO of the Röchling Engineering Plastics (REP) Group, a company that he has been managing in conjunction with Dr. Joachim Brunswicker (48) for many years, achieving outstanding results.