03.03.2017

Generation change at Lebus Germany

Cristof Seidenather, managing director of Lebus Germany is handing over the management of the company to a third generation of the family.

Cristof Seidenather,72, took over the business from his father Karl in 1987 having joined the company in 1966. He is now passing the baton to his son Tim, 48, and Matthias Kunkel,36.
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Cristof Seidenather

He will continue to serve the company as a partner and customer liaison consultant. Lebus is the leading manufacturer of wire rope spooling technologies including grooved winch drums which it claims increases the life of a crane’s wire rope five-fold.
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Matthias Kunkel

Tim Seidenather joined the company in 1997 and has been a member of the management team since 2002 with responsibility for production and quality assurance. Matthias Kunkel has been with the company since 2008, in charge of purchasing and logistics, and joined the management team last year.
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Tim Seidenather

Charles Lebus, director of the US parent company, Lebus International Engineers said: “Cris has taken the company created by his father Karl, together with my own father Frank, and built it up into a success story. H was responsible for the relocation of Lebus Germany from Gilching near Munich to Finning in 2002, which has enabled a continuous expansion of production facilities ever since. Just since 2014, it has invested € 4.5 million in the construction of two new halls with state-of-the-art production technology, laying the foundation for further growth.”