Altenkirchen, 19 November 2024 - The plastics manufacturer WERIT is repositioning itself in terms of personnel and strategy for the future: The shareholders' meeting of WERIT GmbH & Co KG has appointed the former commercial manager Kerstin Dorn as managing director for the German locations.
Ekkehard Schneider, managing partner and spokesperson for the shareholders' meeting: "We are delighted to have gained Kerstin Dorn, a strategically experienced and personally outstanding leader with national and international expertise, as managing director for our locations in Germany. Kerstin Dorn is a team-orientated manager and a real 'doer'. We are convinced that she will set the right and contemporary course at WERIT with a view to the upcoming challenges of the future in order to successfully develop our family business WERIT further."
Kerstin Dorn, who has been with WERIT since 2023, emphasises the company's potential:
"For 75 years, WERIT has stood for excellent quality, customised solutions and personal support for our customers. I am delighted to be able to continue WERIT's success story together with a great team."
Under the leadership of Kerstin Dorn, WERIT plans to further expand its position as one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality plastics solutions.
Before joining WERIT, Kerstin Dorn worked as Director Controlling at Birkenstock. Other positions she has held in her career include at plastics manufacturer Klöckner Pentaplast and Villeroy & Boch AG. Kerstin Dorn studied business administration at Munich University of Applied Sciences and graduated with a diploma.
For further information, please contact:
Astrid Bath
astrid.bath@WERIT.eu
Phone: +49 2681 807
About WERIT -
The family-owned company WERIT, with more than 600 employees throughout Europe, is a renowned manufacturer of high-quality packaging solutions for a wide range of industries and a comprehensive product range in building technology. Already 75 years ago, the founder Dr Helmhold Schneider saw himself as a problem solver for individual customer requirements with innovative foresight. The entire WERIT team continues this approach in the two main business areas of industrial packaging and building technology - in line with our self-image: WERIT - We'r it.-175