KME Special Products & Solutions: new CEO as of January 1, 2023

Osnabrück/Munich.Werner Stegmüller will succeed Dr. Bernhard Hoffmann as CEO of KME Special Products & Solutions from January 1, 2023.

"We are delighted to have Werner Stegmüller on board, an extremely experienced CEO with whom we can further expand KME Special's top international position. In his career, he has repeatedly taken companies to the next level of success, both strategically and operationally, and has demonstrated a high degree of customer focus and innovative spirit," comments Krischan von Moeller, Senior Partner at Paragon Partners.

Werner Stegmüller started his professional career at various renowned management consultancies, most recently as a partner at Horvath & Partners. From 2012, he assumed management functions at KSB AG Frankenthal, from 2014 as a member of the Board of Management. In 2017, he moved to the Theo Müller Group as Group COO, where he most recently served as CEO.

Commenting on his decision to take on other challenges, Dr. Bernhard Hoffmann praises the team and international business partners: "It has been a great pleasure for me to put KME Special on its own feet and to lead it to this profitable growth together with the great team and our long-standing customers. I would like to thank all my colleagues, our joint venture partners and customers, and the company owners for their support and great trust."