• German manufacturer of high-quality PV modules strengthens its brand presence
• Clear commitment to Germany as a business location and the company’s growth plans
Mainz, January 16, 2012 – Effective January 1, 2012, Jörg Michael Henkel (53) took over the Board level position on Sales and Marketing at SCHOTT Solar AG. The experienced manager is now responsible for the leading manufacturer of high-quality modules for the solar industry’s global brand presence.
Henkel joins the company from Metabowerken in Nürtingen, where he most recently served as Vice President of Global Marketing and Sales. Previous to that he held sales and marketing positions with various companies at the European level. During this time, Henkel was responsible for several successful strategic realignments of sales organizations and managed to achieve sustained increases in sales and profits.
“With Mr. Henkel, we have recruited an experienced industrial helmsman who will be of great help to us in achieving our market objectives, even in choppy waters,” noted Dr. Martin Heming, CEO of SCHOTT Solar AG, in welcoming his new Board member colleague.
According to Henkel, an economics graduate, the quality of a company’s customer relationships and the creation of a lasting brand preference are extremely important at a time when products are becoming increasingly comparable. As he puts it, “We consider our customers, in other words distributors and installers, also partners. By working together with them, we create win-win situations. At the same time, it is important that our brand identity and communication with the markets meet the same high standards for quality as our products. We will continue to approach all of our markets in a self-confident manner, but without acting cocky in public,” Henkel notes in describing key aspects of his role.
“We are and will remain a high-quality German vendor and will seek to prove that it is possible for a company to uphold this claim and assert itself in both the domestic and global market, despite declines in market prices and headwind from various directions,” the new Board member confidently stated.
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SCHOTT Solar, with its high-quality products, enables the potential of the sun as a nearly inexhaustible source of energy to be utilized. And it’s for exactly that reason that SCHOTT Solar produces important components for photovoltaic applications and solar energy plants. In the photovoltaic industry, the company is one of the few integrated manufacturers of crystalline silicon wafers, cells and modules. In thin-film technology, SCHOTT Solar also describes itself as an advanced supplier due to having over twenty years of experience. And in the production of receivers for solar power plants, SCHOTT Solar sees itself as a market and technology leader. The receivers are key components in large-scale power plants that generate electricity from solar energy centrally on the basis of parabolic trough technology and are able to supply entire cities with power. SCHOTT Solar has production facilities in Germany, the Czech Republic, the USA and Spain. The innovative power and technological competence of the company date back to the late 1950s. SCHOTT Solar is a wholly owned subsidiary of the international SCHOTT technology group. SCHOTT develops special materials, components and systems for the household appliance, pharmaceutical, solar energy, electronics, optical and automotive industries. With around 17,500 employees, the SCHOTT Group generated a worldwide turnover of about 2.9 billion euros in fiscal year 2009/2010.
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