Effective October 1, 2020, the Schäfer Werke Group implemented changes in its senior management. In addition to managing partner and company founder Theo Schäfer, the group will in the future be managed by Marcus Düber, Michael Mockenhaupt and Guido Klinkhammer.

With this new management team, the Schäfer Werke Group, consisting of the EMW Steel Service Centre, Schäfer Perforated Metal, Schäfer IT-Systems, Schäfer Container Systems and Vizuu, as well as the central administration departments, is breaking with its past approach and placing the fortunes of the group into the hands of four experienced executives, each with different strengths and fields of responsibility.

On October 1, 2020, Marcus Düber took on responsibility for the Schäfer Werke Group’s administrative operations as commercial manager. The graduate in business economics has been working for the group since September 2016 as commercial director at the Czech subsidiary Schäfer Sudex and has had headed the finance and controlling areas since October 2018.

Michael Mockenhaupt has been successfully running the operations of the EMW Steel Service Centre since November 2013. As managing director, the business graduate now also takes on responsibility for Schäfer Perforated Metal, which puts him in charge of Schäfer Werke's traditional steel divisions.

October 1, 2020, saw Guido Klinkhammer move from the management of beverage fittings manufacturer D.S.I. Getränkearmaturen back to Schäfer Werke. He is now responsible for Schäfer Werke, Schäfer Container Systems, Schäfer IT Systems, Vizuu, and the foreign subsidiaries Schäfer Sudex and Schäfer Container Systems North America. The university qualified manager sees a major focus of his role in continuing the expansion of the group’s digitalization projects and in strategic innovation and product management.

In a further change, Rainer Bröcher left Schäfer Werke Group on September 30 after 8 successful years in the role of managing director.