19 Jan 2010

Michael Kristeller has been appointed as the new head of Metz Aerials GmbH & Co. KG

Michael Kristeller has been appointed as the new head of Metz Aerials GmbH & Co. KG and will now manage the company in conjunction with Gottfried Reiter.

Michael succeeds Dr. Wolfgang Stroh, who now heads the Group Auditing at our headquarters in Leonding. In the course of this change, the executive management tasks have also been reassigned, with Michael Kristeller taking charge of the core areas of design, development, production, quality assurance, purchasing, logistics, personnel and IT. Gottfried Reiter is now responsible for sales, marketing and services.

Metz Aerials GmbH & Co. KG represents an aerials competence center within the ROSENBAUER Group and in Michael Kristeller, the Karlsruhe location can welcome to its dual management a new man, who has long and close associations with the ROSENBAUER Group and thus brings valuable experience to the business.

Michael's career path was laid down at Daimler, where he worked for seven years in the field of superstructure production and sales consulting. This post was followed by three years in the management of the Daimler/EvoBus Minibuscenter, as well responsibility for the launch of the "Sprinter" in Mexico. Finally, Michael served as the head of the Daimler subsidiary, Westfalia Van Conversion.

With his long-term experience and international competence, Michael Kristeller will ensure a fresh breeze at the helm of Metz Aerials GmbH & Co. KG, especially in view of the fact that he is ideally qualified for the successful management of the German centre for aerials technology.