Hohenstein restructures management to reflect growth

19/06/2015
Germany’s textile consultancy the Hohenstein Institute has appointed departmental directors Dr Stefan Droste, Florian Girmond, Prof Dirk Höfer and Dr Andreas Schmidt as managing directors.

In addition, head of finance and administration Armin Keicher and head of sales Jörg Diekmann are being made authorised signatories.

"Our structures date from a time when we employed 80 to 120 people," explained Prof Mecheels, head of the Head of Institute. "For a long time, the people at the top of our different areas have had full responsibility for profits, costs, staffing, investments and business development."

The Bönnigheim family-run company expects there to be additional benefits in terms of communicating with business partners and the security of the more than 500 employees at the headquarters in Hohenstein.