Wienerberger : Term of office of Wienerberger Managing Board prolonged
December 01, 2017 at 03:32 am EST
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Vienna, December 1, 2017 - The Managing Board mandates of Heimo Scheuch, CEO of Wienerberger AG, and Willy Van Riet, CFO of Wienerberger AG, due to expire on April 1, 2018, have been prolonged by the Supervisory Board.
Supervisory Board supports the company's ambitious growth targets for 2020
Regina Prehofer, Chairwoman of the Wienerberger Supervisory Board, outlines the reasons for the decision:
'In recent months, the Supervisory Board engaged in intensive discussions with the Managing Board on the strategic orientation and the future growth of the Wienerberger Group. With Heimo Scheuch and Willy Van Riet, we have the benefit of an experienced top management team which has not only succeeded in securing Wienerberger's above-average profitable growth in recent years, but is also excellently qualified to address the challenges of the future, such as the growing trend toward digitization and the technological changes in our industry. Speaking on behalf of the entire Supervisory Board, I sincerely welcome the fact that Heimo Scheuch and Willy Van Riet will continue to take charge of the successful development of Wienerberger in the years to come.'
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Wienerberger AG is one of Europe's largest building materials producers. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- walls, ceilings and roofing (54%): perforated bricks, facing bricks, tiles (clay, concrete or chimney tiles). Wienerberger AG is the world's leading producer of bricks;
- pipes (27%): pipes for water conveyance and sewers and concrete floor tiles.
The remaining sales (19%) relate to activity in North America.
At the end of 2022, the group operated 216 industrial sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (6%), the United Kingdom (8.2%), the Netherlands (8%), Austria (5.8%), Poland (5.5%), France (5%), Europe (30.5%), the United States (17.4%) and other (13.6%).