Dr Florian Heydenreich becomes new member of the STILL Executive Board
STILL continues its strategy to strengthen the brand
Hamburg, 30 October 2024 - Dr Florian Heydenreich has been appointed to the executive board of the Hamburg-based intralogistics specialist STILL. As part of the four-person management team, the 43-year-old is now responsible for the strategic and operational management of the STILL brand in EMEA and its consistent further development with a particular focus on smart solutions and maximum customer focus. Dr Heydenreich takes over the management of the Sales & Service division from Christophe Lautray, who will continue to support the management in an advisory capacity.
As Executive Vice President Sales & Service STILL EMEA, Dr Florian Heydenreich has been responsible for managing the STILL brand since October 2023. With his current appointment as Managing Director Sales & Service at STILL, the company is systematically continuing its successful strategy of strengthening the brand and maximising customer focus. "The structural and staff-related strengthening of our brand management last year was an important basis for the long-term successful positioning of the STILL brand in the market for smart intralogistics solutions," says Andreas Krinninger, President of the STILL Executive Board. "With the appointment of Florian Heydenreich as Managing Director Sales & Service, we are now bundling central decision-making processes relating to the brand and thus enabling even greater agility, customer focus and brand presence."
Focus on customer needs: STILL strengthens brand profile
Together with Andreas Krinninger, President of the Executive Board, Dr Karoline Jung- Senssfelder, Executive Vice President Finance, and Dr Konrad Pagenstert, Executive Vice President Operations, Dr Florian Heydenreich will continue to sharpen the profile of the STILL brand as a provider of smart solutions for internal material flow. The same applies to the development of forward-looking, customer-oriented solutions and their careful adaptation to the various regional markets with their specific requirements. "I am very grateful for the confidence placed in me and look forward to this new responsibility," says Dr Florian Heydenreich. "The needs of our customers have always been our top priority at STILL. And we will continue to work every day to develop smart and best-fit solutions for our customers and to support them as a reliable partner in addressing their intralogistics challenges".
Christophe Lautray assumes position as strategic advisor
Dr Heydenreich succeeds Christophe Lautray on the STILL Executive Board. As Senior Advisor to the KION ITS EMEA Board, Christophe Lautray will be responsible for providing strategic advice to the management and for the committee work in the leading industry associations. Over the past 34 years, Christophe Lautray held various sales and management positions for the brands of today's KION Group. Most recently, he has been responsible for Sales & Service EMEA as a member of the STILL Executive Board since 2021. "Christophe Lautray has enriched the company with his profound expertise and inspiring personality for more than three decades," says CEO Andreas Krinninger. "We are therefore delighted that he will continue to support us in an advisory capacity with his profound knowledge of the industry."
