Jörg Pieper has just been appointed new CEO of
Romaco with immediate effect by the Advisory Board of Romaco Holding GmbH.
Truking Investment Co., Ltd, based in Changsha (China), acquired a majority
interest in Romaco at the beginning of July 2017.
Jörg Pieper (55) has just been appointed new CEO of
Romaco Holding GmbH, which has its headquarters in Karlsruhe (Germany), with
immediate effect. He directly succeeds Paulo Alexandre, who has left the
company. The Advisory Board would like to thank Mr. Alexandre for his contribution
to the firm’s expansion during the last six years.
Jörg Pieper joined Romaco Holding GmbH in 2011. As
Vice President Customer Service, he was initially responsible for establishing
customer service throughout the Group. In 2013, he transferred to Romaco Kilian
GmbH as Managing Director, playing a major part in the tablet press
manufacturer’s success story. Prior to his arrival at Romaco, Mr. Pieper held
various top-level management positions at European and American corporations in
the component industry and the machine building sector.
The Karlsruhe (Germany) based Romaco Group is
currently undergoing a strategic realignment following the acquisition of a
majority interest by the Chinese Truking Investment Co., Ltd at the beginning
of July 2017. “Jörg Pieper, Romaco’s new CEO, is a proven industry expert with
an in-depth knowledge of Asia”, emphasized Yue Tang, Truking Chairman. “With
him at the helm, the company will have a chance to concentrate on its core
competencies and systematically strengthen the innovation capability of its
seven brands.”
In his role as CEO of the Romaco Group, Mr. Pieper
will be in overall charge of Sales & Customer Service, Product Management,
Marketing and International Strategy Development. “We are aiming to give an
entirely new meaning to the term ‘close to the customer’ and to simultaneously
strengthen our service mentality”, said Mr. Pieper, CEO Romaco Group. “In the
future, it will be particularly important to anticipate the needs of our
customers worldwide, to enable us to respond promptly and flexibly to changing
market requirements.” Carsten Strenger will remain CFO/COO of Romaco Holding
GmbH with responsibility for Finance and Operations.
Romaco is a leading global supplier of Processing
and Packaging equipment, predominantly for the pharmaceutical industry. Divided
into three business areas, Processing, Tableting and Packaging, the company
develops engineered system solutions for the pharmaceutical market, but also
supplies the cosmetics, food and chemical markets.
