Fritsch: announces new CEO and president U.S. subsidiary

Markt Einersheim / DE. (fri) Family-owned Fritsch Holding has filled two important positions new. As soberly as both messages are formulated, generation changes and new beginnings can be clearly read.

Top management change at Fritsch Holding AG

At the beginning of the second half of the year, Fritsch Holding AG announces a change in the position of the CEO: Kirsten Lange takes over the management of the company.

She is already familiar with the Fritsch Group from her work on the Supervisory Board and is looking forward to taking over the responsibility for the family-owned company temporarily until a suitable long-term CEO can be appointed. She is well known for her passion and extremely high standards in every aspect of her work. Kirsten Lange worked as a member of the Management Board at Voith Hydro Holding GmbH + Co. KG where she was responsible for the divisions service, automation and digitalization. Before that she has been working for the Boston Consulting Group in Germany, the USA and China for 22 years and has been working as an advisor for more than 20 mechanical engineering companies. She is currently member of the Supervisory Boards of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG and ATS Automation. She studied journalism, politics and philosophy in Munich and holds the MBA from INSEAD in France.

The shareholders and the Supervisory Board of the Fritsch Group thank Kirsten Lange for her work as a member of the Supervisory Board so far and are grateful that she is now prepared to strategically develop and advance the family-owned company as CEO leading it into a secure future of the fourth generation.

New management at Fritsch USA Inc.

Fritsch is excited to announce and congratulate the new president of Fritsch USA, Anna-Maria Fritsch. Anna-Maria studied international business and worked several years at management consultancies before joining the Fritsch team in 2013. Since joining the company, Anna-Maria has expanded her technical and technological knowledge and experience. Prior to becoming the new president, Anna-Maria spent the last two of years serving as the head of marketing and process management. In this role, she focused on the implementation of strategic marketing processes and forming partnerships with customers.

In line with Fritsch’s dedication to their customers, Anna-Maria will be relocating to New Jersey in 2019 to be closer to the company’s North American market and customers. Her mission is to strengthen the company’s reach to capture the key markets of the region and its promising future. Anna-Maria is very excited for this new position, noting she loves the American work ethic and is proud of the strides Fritsch USA has already made. She aims to further strengthen the USA team to better support the Fritsch USA customers in the future.