Arndt G. Kirchhoff
Chairman of the Management Board
Kirchhoff Automotive GmbH & Co. KG, Attendorn
biography
Kirchhoff Automotive GmbH& Co. KG, a subsidiary of the Kirchhoff Group, has been developing, manufacturing and supplying metal structures for the automotive industry for over 100 years. The parts manufacturer has become an international development supplier. Forming, joining and surface technology have been core competencies of the company from the very beginning. Tradition and continuity are among the company's guiding principles. One of Kirchhoff Automotive's main strategies is the internationalization of the group with production sites and the simultaneous centralization of project management, development, design and marketing under the motto: "Think globally - act locally".
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After studying industrial engineering, Mr. Arndt Günter Kirchhoff was Head of Central Order Processing at Deutsche Babcock Werke AG from 1983 to 1990. Since 1990, he has been Managing Partner of the Kirchhoff Group and Chairman of the Management Board of Kirchhoff Automotive GmbH & Co. KG.
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Mr. Kirchhoff also performs a variety of other tasks. He is a board member of the VDA, a member of the executive committee of the BDI, a member of the SME Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor and Vice President of the German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Warsaw, to name but a few.
Status: Beginning of 2006