The Schmidt + Clemens Group (S+C) with its home base in Lindlar, Germany, has consistently continued to implement the organisational realignment it started at the end of May 2012. The worldwide matrix organisation aimed at, combined with a clear division-oriented control and decision-making structure at the home base, continues to take shape. Apart from the merger of the German companies S+C Extrusion Tooling Solutions GmbH, S+C Märker GmbH and Schmidt + Clemens GmbH + Co KG into a single enterprise, planned for October 2012, it has already been possible to complete appointments to top management.

Besides the chairman of the board, Engineer Jan Schmidt-Krayer, the managing director for finance, Dr Henning Kreisel and the managing director for marketing, Engineer Thomas Hellige (recruited in-house), as of September 1^st, 2012 it has been possible to fill the newly created management position for "Production and Engineering" with Engineer Dominic Otte. Dominic Otte has until now worked in responsible managerial positions for a family-owned company with worldwide operations in the airconditioning sector and has many years of experience in the field of international production.

"Our goal is continuous growth that is profitable for everyone in the entire S+C Group. And not only in existing markets but in new ones as well and with innovative products," says management chairman Jan Schmidt-Krayer. "The smaller business divisions of extrusion tools and forged product processing are precisely those that will benefit the most from the new organisation. That is where we want continuous further development."

The foundation for the old corporate structure was laid 40 years ago and was now no longer in tune with the times since it could no longer keep pace with the corporate group's growth and with progressing internationalisation. Jan Schmidt-Krayer stresses in particular that, with the restructuring measures, no jobs are in jeopardy. On the contrary, the new corporate organisation opens up new perspectives in career development at S+C for some employees. "I am really happy that our works councils have welcomed this development and I thank them for their support," says Mr. Schmidt-Krayer.