01.07.2023
CEO Felix Kleinert Passes the Baton to His Successor Andreas Denker
Felix Kleinert, CEO of NETZSCH Pumps & Systems, has retired after almost 25 years from NETZSCH, the world's largest producer of progressing cavity pumps and a major manufacturer of rotary lobe, multi screw and peristaltic pumps. On June 30, 2023, the end of the current fiscal year, Kleinert handed over the reins to his successor Andreas Denker.
Mr Kleinert, who led the Pumps & Systems business unit as CEO since 1999, will enter a well-deserved retirement after 24 years. Denker will now take over his position, who has already been working as CEO at NETZSCH Pumps & Systems since April 1, 2023, as part of a transitional phase. The new CEO has 20 years of management experience in internationally operating technology companies such as Airbus or Mannesmann. Before starting work in Waldkraiburg, he was CEO of the Manaseer Group in Jordan, where he transformed from a regionally active company to a group of companies focusing on exports.
Denker: "The best is still ahead of us at NETZSCH Pumps & Systems"
„The best is yet to come at NETZSCH Pumps & Systems. It is a journey from good to great.“
Mr Denker looks forward to the tasks and challenges ahead: "Felix’s performance in recent years motivates me." In doing so, he will continue to develop the strategy. The goal is to make NETZSCH the global expert for conveying complex media and thus offer customers worldwide solutions and services tailored to their specific applications. The focus lies on ensuring success through the targeted expansion of the global production and sales network, the growth of the product portfolio, and the development of new digital solutions in the field of complex fluid management. "The best is yet to come at NETZSCH Pumps & Systems. It is a journey from good to great. My start at NETZSCH has already been brilliant", says Denker, anticipating the tasks ahead.
Kleinert: "This is something we can all be proud of at NETZSCH"
„This was only possible thanks to the employee’s and management's strong joint effort. We can all be proud of that at NETZSCH.“
Thanks to Mr Kleinert, who developed the company into a leading global player in the pump industry following the successful realignment and international expansion of the Pumps & Systems Business Unit. With creativity, experience and outstanding commitment, he has had a lasting and decisive influence on the company over the past two decades and developed it into the world market leader in progressing cavity pumps. "This was only possible thanks to the employee’s and management's strong joint effort. We can all be proud of that at NETZSCH", said Felix Kleinert. "I look back on a fulfilling and good professional life. I have seen the world several times, I have met thousands of interesting people, and I have been able to shape the future with my employees." After almost a quarter of a century, he has handed over his responsibilities to his successor and moved into a well-deserved retirement.
