August 4, 2010
Within the frame of personnel changes and the retirement of the managing director of K+S KALI France S.A.S., Hermann Weinbuch, Hans-Jürgen Müller became Head of Sales of the Potash and Magnesium Products Business Segment of K+S KALI GmbH, Kassel on the 1st July 2010.
On the 1st August 2010, Hermann Weinbuch, managing director of K+S KALI France S.A.S., goes into retirement after 35 of service and positions in the German sales force and the board of management. His sales expertise and his work for the development of K+S KALI France S.A.S based in Reims are equally respected in France and in Germany as well as throughout the whole company.
Hermann Weinbuch, managing director of K+S KALI France S.A.S., Reims, is going into retirement on the 1st August 2010.
As of 1st August 2010, Dr. Knut Clasen succeeds Hermann Weinbuch as managing director of K+S KALI France S.A.S., currently Head of Sales of the Potash and Magnesium Products Business Segment. In 1995 he started his career at BASF and since 2000, he has worked in several positions for the K+S Group in Germany and abroad. Since January 2007, Dr. Clasen has been Head of Sales of the Potash and Magnesium Products Business Segment of K+S KALI GmbH which comprises the Fertilisers, Industrial Products, Animal Feed Health Care & Food departments.
Dr. Knut Clasen, managing director of K+S KALI France S.A.S., Reims as of 1st August 2010.
On the 1st July 2010, Hans-Jürgen Müller became Head of Sales of the Potash and Magnesium Products Business Segment of K+S KALI GmbH, formerly responsible for Sales Fertiliser Europe. He began his career with K+S KALI GmbH in 1984 and after different stations in marketing and sales he had been Head of Sales Fertiliser Europe since 2009.
Hans-Jürgen Müller, Head of Sales of the Potash and Magnesium Products Business Segment, K+S KALI GmbH, Kassel.
On the 1st July 2010, Dr. Achim Schnitzler, managing director of K+S Benelux bv, Breda, returned to Germany and became Head of Sales Fertiliser Europe. His successor as managing director of K+S Benelux bv is Niels Fanselow, formerly manager within the Sales Fertiliser Europe department.
Dr. Achim Schnitzler, Head of Sales Fertiliser Europe, K+S KALI GmbH, Kassel, as of 1st July. (left) Niels Fanselow, managing director of K+S Benelux bv, Breda, Netherlands, as of 1st July 2010.(right)
As the positions in the very important French market, in the sales management and in other important areas have been filled with experienced colleagues close to the markets, K+S KALI GmbH is convinced to be well prepared for the challenges of the future.