Michael Wolff

Mr. Michael Wolff, CEO of Pfleiderer GmbH, Neumarkt spoke on the subject "Stress test as part of medium-term corporate planning - case study Pfleiderer GmbH"

Pfleiderer GmbH is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of engineered wood. The company employs around 3,400 people across the Group and is divided into the business units Core West (Western Europe region) and Core East (Eastern Europe region). Core West bundles the product ranges of Duropal, wodego and Thermopal under the Pfleiderer umbrella brand and is a partner to industry, trade, craftsmen, planners and architects. The company has five production sites in Germany. In Eastern Europe, Pfleiderer holds a majority stake in the listed Polish subsidiary Pfleiderer Grajewo S.A., which has a strong market position in the Polish engineered wood market. Ecological and social sustainability is one of the key objectives of corporate policy, within which Pfleiderer GmbH is committed to continuously improving the energy efficiency of its products and manufacturing processes. The company guarantees the best possible customer satisfaction through a practiced quality philosophy, which is reflected in compliance with the highest quality standards at every workplace.

Michael Wolff, Born in Hanau in 1960, he holds a degree in industrial engineering. Following his positions as product manager and marketing manager at Helsa Werke GmbH & Co. KG, as Manager for Corporate Development at Glunz AG and as Business Unit Manager at Villeroy & Boch AG, he was appointed CEO and Managing Director of Freetime-Group Germany GmbH in 1994. Between 1999 and 2004, he was Head of Business Management Lenses at the Rodenstock Group. From 2004 to 2012, Michael Wolff was CEO of Pfleiderer Holzwerkstoff GmbH, responsible for Western Europe, and since 2013, as CEO of Pfleiderer GmbH Neumarkt, he has been responsible for the strategic and operational management of the entire group of companies with 3,400 employees at eight production sites.

Status: Beginning of 2015