Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg Region
Research, Development, Production, Marketing and Sales of Catalytic converters and emission abatement systems for land fill and biogas fueled gensets.
Responsible for the development of the heavy duty diesel catalyst business for Engelhard, now BASF, an emerging business which was 3 MM€ in 2004 and now amounts to € MM 40 for Europe. Responsible for the entire catalyst market for Heavy Duty applications including on road business (Truck Euro 4/5/6) and Off Road (Tier 4) and Retrofit (VERT).Leading a team of 5 PhD Chemists and Application engineers in the field of heterogenous catalysis, that supports the customer to meet regulatory compliance.
Develop and grow a new catalyst business from zero to € 55 Mio and 33% market share in 6 years
Selling catalytic converters to the automotive industry, primarily the customer DaimlerChrysler. Leading a global key account team of 5 employees, mostly customer service engineers and having a business responsibility of 40 Mio. € revenues.