03.01.2014

New MD for Willenbrock

Willenbrock Fördertechnik Holding, the fork truck and aerial lift sales and rental company, has appointed Ralf Dingeldein as its new managing director, he took up his new post at the start of the year.
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Ralf Dingeldein

An industrial engineer, Dingeldein, 40, replaces Lutz H. Peper, 60, who has given up his role as managing partner of the company, he remains a major shareholder and has been increasingly active in politics. Dingeldein joins the company from fork truck manufacturer Linde - Willenbrock is one of its largest dealers - where he was responsible for the new trucks sales division since September 2008.

Prior to that he spent just over a year with fork truck distributor Kion Group where he was responsible for strategic marketing in the area of service strategies and competitor intelligence. And prior to 2007 he spent eight years at the Frankfurt office of management consulting firm McKinsey, responsible for various marketing and sales projects for large international clients in the USA, China and South Africa.

Dingeldein said: "I look forward to the new challenge . We will continue to serve our customers with high competence and pursue the same innovative and reliable business course for which we have been known for over 50 years."