12 October2020

Mikron CEO Bruno Cathomen to step down in mid-2021

Mikron CEO Bruno Cathomen to step down in mid-2021

 

Biel, October 12, 2020, 7:00 a.m. – After twelve years in senior management and nine years as CEO of the Mikron Group, Bruno Cathomen has decided to step down from his position as CEO in mid-2021. Until the handover to his successor, Bruno Cathomen will remain with the company as CEO and continue to assume the tasks and responsibilities of Group Management. The Board of Directors would like to take this opportunity to thank Bruno Cathomen for his great commitment and services to date. The search for a qualified successor is started immediately.

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11 September2020

Mikron plans the succession in the Presidium of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting 2021

Mikron plans the succession in the Presidium of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting 2021

 

Biel, September 11, 2020, 7:00 a.m. – The Board of Directors of Mikron Holding AG will propose to the shareholders at the next Annual General Meeting on April 23, 2021 Paul Zumbühl for election as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Zumbühl was elected to the Board of Directors of the Mikron Group at the 2018 Annual General Meeting. He will succeed Heinrich Spoerry as Chairman of the Board of Directors, who has been on the Mikron Board of Directors since 2001 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mikron Holding AG since 2010. The Board of Directors of the Mikron Group would like to thank Heinrich Spoerry for his many years of great commitment to the Mikron Group.

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17 August2020

Mikron decides to restructure Mikron Berlin under its own management

Mikron decides to restructure Mikron Berlin under its own management

Biel, August 17, 2020, 7:00 a.m. – In the media release of July 2, 2020, Mikron announced the sale of the Mikron Berlin and Mikron Kaunas sites to Callista Private Equity, Munich. Both sites with a total of around 70 employees work exclusively for the automotive industry. Due to a different understanding of the implementation of the planned transaction, Mikron and Callista have mutually agreed to dispense with it. Mikron will restructure the Berlin site under its own management and continue to operate Kaunas.

 

As announced in the media release on the half-year results on 23 July 2020, the expected costs of the restructuring are fully included in the 2020 half-year results. This means that also under the new circumstances – the restructuring of Mikron Berlin under Mikron’s own management – no restructuring costs will be charged to the second half of the year. Mikron continues to expect an EBIT loss for the second half of 2020 on a par with the first half (before restructuring costs).

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