Guido Spix has resigned from the role of joint group president at food packaging solutions specialist Multivac, effective 31 December 2022, with Christian Traumann to preside over the company as both group president and spokesman, and three new directors to be appointed to the management team.
Spix has been with the company for 14 years, when he joined Multivac's management team as technical director in February 2009, and since January 2020 has exercised dual leadership of the Multivac Group with Christian Traumann as joint group president.
Spix has been responsible for production and the innovation strategy throughout the Group. Multivac says that, under his leadership, the company has developed from a machine manufacturer to a supplier of complete solutions, and has continued to expand its technological dominance in the market, with the network of international production sites expanding to the 13 production site it is today.
Guido Spix will give up his role on 31 December 2023 but will remain associated with Multivac on an amicable basis, and will continue to offer his advice and support in the future, says the company.
“The Supervisory Board greatly appreciates the many years of successful work and commitment by Guido Spix for Multivac, and it would like to express its thanks on behalf of all the company's owners,” said Elmar Fischer, chairman of the Supervisory Board at Multivac. “We have complete respect for his personal reasons. We wish him all the very best for the future.”
To continue the company's growth, Multivac says the Supervisory Board is establishing the Group's management on a broader basis, with Christian Traumann becoming group president and spokesman for the management team. He has worked for the company since 2002, and has been a member of the management team since 2008, and since the beginning of 2020 has exercised dual leadership of the Group with Spix. Three new directors are appointed to the management team, Bernd Höpner, CTO, Dr Christian Lau, COO, and Dr Tobias Richter, CSO.
“I am delighted, that we have been able to fill the new management positions from our own ranks. This enables us to secure the continuity with our customers and business partners as the basis for further successful development of our business,” said Traumann. The company is operating in a dynamic market environment, in which automation and digitalisation are playing an ever greater role. “As the technology leader in the market, Multivac is able not only to offer complete solutions, but will also continue to set the trend. A long-term and trusting relationship with our customers will remain in future the focus of the Multivac Group. Our closeness to our customers, both now and in the future, forms the basis for the success strategy of Multivac. Something that I stand for with all my colleagues.”
Multivac Australia has also recently undergone a significant change as it expands its sales and logistics capacity in Queensland.
