MAN Truck & Bus reappoints Michael Kobriger to production and logistics board post for five more years
MAN Truck & Bus's supervisory board has extended Michael Kobriger's term on the executive board for Production & Logistics by five years, keeping him in the role until 2031.
- 55
- Five years, until 2031
- December 2018
- 1997
What Happened
The supervisory board of MAN Truck & Bus SE has appointed Michael Kobriger, 55, to the executive board for the "Production & Logistics" business area for a further five years, running until 2031. Kobriger has already been a member of the board since December 2018. The reappointment keeps him responsible for the truck and bus maker's manufacturing and logistics operations.
“Michael Kobriger has in the past played a major role in making MAN's manufacturing more resilient and in getting logistics fit for the future as well. Over the coming years the new modular kit system of the TRATON Group is to be introduced, and for that both the plants in Germany and in other European countries must be further upgraded. I look forward to continuing the successful work with Michael Kobriger.”
After studying mechanical engineering at the Technical University in Munich, starts his career at MAN Truck & Bus as a project engineer in truck production in Munich.
Works in various roles for MAN, including as plant manager in Poland and as CTO in India, and serves as spokesperson for the Bus business unit at MAN Truck & Bus.
Becomes a member of the MAN Truck & Bus SE executive board.
The supervisory board reappoints him to the Production & Logistics board role for a further five years.
His new board term runs to 2031.
- Project engineer in truck production in Munich, starting in 1997
- Plant manager in Poland
- CTO in India
- Spokesperson for the Bus business unit at MAN Truck & Bus
- Executive board member since December 2018
- Born in Nuremberg
Why this matters
The decision keeps continuity in charge of manufacturing and logistics at MAN just as the company prepares to introduce the TRATON Group's new modular kit system. According to CEO Alexander Vlaskamp, that rollout will require further upgrading of MAN's plants in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, so the production chief's reappointment directly affects those factories and the people who work in them.
Terms in This Story
- Aufsichtsrat (supervisory board)
- A company body that oversees and appoints the executive board; in German firms it typically also includes employee representatives.
- Vorstand (executive board)
- The top management board of a German stock corporation, responsible for running the company.
- TRATON Group
- The parent group whose brands include commercial vehicle manufacturers such as MAN.
- Modular kit system (Baukastensystem)
- A shared, standardized set of components and platforms that a group's brands can use across their products.
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