Körber Tissue Appoints Stefan Kirschke as CEO, Effective Jan 1, 2018

As of January 1, 2018, Stefan Kirschke will take over as CEO of Körber Tissue, a business area of the international technology group Körber. In his new role, he will execute the functions of CEO and CFO as dual responsibility and will lead the business area together with Oswaldo Cruz, currently managing director of Fabio Perini Brazil. Kirschke succeeds Stefano Di Santo, who will become CEO of the newly established Körber Digital Unit, which is part of the Group's digital transformation process.

Kirschke holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and joined Körber in 1995. Since 2012, he has been CFO of Fabio Perini, the leading company of the business area Körber Tissue, fostering the business area’s growth alongside with Di Santo. Together with Cruz, currently managing director at Fabio Perini Ltda., Brazil, he will be part of the business area management team. In addition to his role within the business area management team, Cruz will succeed Alessandro De Matteis as managing director of MTC, part of the business area Körber Tissue, as of April 1, 2018. Cruz joined Fabio Perini as sales executive in 1994 and became managing director of Fabio Perini Brazil in 2007.

"I am very happy that with Stefan Kirschke I hand over to an experienced colleague who is dedicated to the further growth of Körber Tissue. We have worked very closely together over the last years and I am sure that together with his team he will guarantee the continued success of the business area," emphasizes Di Santo.

"I am excited about the opportunity to further shape the business area – especially in light of the impact of digitization and further internationalization in our market. In addition I am very much looking forward to welcoming Oswaldo Cruz in Lucca soon," says Kirschke.

"We surely won a manager with comprehensive know-how and years of experience for this important position. Together with Oswaldo, I will be focusing on making the most of our core competencies in order to continuously offer our customers cutting-edge products and solutions as well as first class services."

Following Cruz, Dineo Silverio, currently director sales and customer service at Fabio Perini Brazil, will succeed Cruz as the company’s managing director as of January 1, 2018.

Based on his experience in successfully initiating the digital transformation within the business area Körber Tissue, Di Santo will continue his career within the Körber Group and seize the opportunity to establish Körber Digital. Körber Digital is a new unit, which will drive the further digital development of the Group while at the same time working on new digital business models for the diverse markets the Group operates in.

 Körber Tissue, which includes the brands Fabio Perini, Casmatic and MTC, is synonymous with innovation, state-of-the-art technologies, end-to-end solutions for processing and packaging machinery for toilet paper, folded tissue and paper towels. Cutting-edge offerings and a systematic customer orientation make the business area the technology and market leader in the sector.

Körber is the holding company for an international technology group with approx. 11,500 employees around the world. The Group comprises leading-edge technology companies and more than 130 production, service, and sales entities. At locations around the globe, Körber combines the benefits of a globally-present organization with the strengths of highly specialized, flexible, medium-sized enterprises that offer their customers solutions, products, and services in many business areas including tissue.