Extrusion International 6-2022

19 Extrusion International 6/2022 New Chief Marketing Officer  Davis-Standard announces the appointment of Anthony Toklo as Chief Marketing Officer. In his new role, Tony will assume global re- sponsibility for Davis-Standard’s marketing, communications, and branding initiatives. “Tony’s technical and commer- cial background coupled with more than 20 years of experience make him uniquely qualified for this posi- tion,” said Giovanni Spitale, Davis- Standard CEO. “His industry knowl- edge, leadership ability, and success in implementing market growth strategies will be advantageous to our organization. We are pleased to have him on our senior leadership team.” Davis-Standard, LLC www.davis-standard.com New Interim Director for Sales, Marketing and Service  In addition to his current function as Director of Sales at SIKORA, Holger Lieder took over the interim responsi- bility for the areas Marketing and Ser- vice. In his function he directly reports to the CEO, Dr. Christian Frank. Dr. Jörg Wissdorf, who was pre - viously responsible for the areas of Sales, Marketing and Service as a Member of the Executive Board, is taking on new professional chal- lenges. "We would like to thank Dr. Wissdorf for his great commitment over the past two and a half years. He has initiated important change processes and successfully imple- mented many projects. We wish him all the best personally and profes- sionally", says Prof. Thomas Sikora, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SIKORA AG. Holger Lieder has many years of experience in Sales and has a com- prehensive technical understanding of SIKORA technologies and market requirements. "We are pleased that with Holger Lieder we could win a very experienced manager within the company for the interim responsibil- ity", says Prof. Sikora. "Mr. Lieder knows the customers and their needs very well and we are convinced that the successful progress and growth of all business areas will continue under his direction", Prof. Sikora further ex- plains. SIKORA AG www.sikora.net Holger Lieder takes over, in addition to Sales, the position of the interim Director of the Service and Marketing departments at SIKORA AG Anthony Toklo New Dual Leadership  KIEFEL Packaging, the Upper Austrian subsidiary of the Freilass- ing-based mechanical engineering company KIEFEL, has been under dual management since September 1, 2022. Andreas Staudinger took on the duties of the previous man- aging director Robin Roth in spring and now heads the location as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) jointly with Christian Töscher as Chief Operations Officer (COO). Kiefel would like to continue the positive business development of the site, especially regarding tools and automation solutions. "KIEFEL Packaging GmbH in Micheldorf de- velops highly innovative tool and automation solutions for our ma- chines for processing plastics and natural fibers," emphasizes Thomas Halletz, CEO of Kiefel. "With the new dual leadership on site, we can further strengthen the location and jointly accelerate the progress of advance technological development projects." KIEFEL GmbH www.kiefel.com From left: Christian Töscher (COO) and Andreas Staudinger (CSO) are the new dual managers of Kiefel's Austrian site (© KIEFEL GmbH)