KHS has new head for Sales and Service

Dr Johannes-Thomas Grobe will head the Sales and Service of KHS GmbH beginning 1 April 2019, says the company’s supervisory board. Dr Grobe moves from Dürr Systems AG, a machine and systems manufacturer for the automobile industry, to the Dortmund systems supplier, and joins chairman Kai Acker and Martin Resch on the KHS Executive Management Board. His move to KHS completes the restructuring of the company’s Executive Management Board.

Dr Johannes-Thomas Grobe

“We’re very pleased to have gained a proven expert and leader for our company in Dr Grobe. He brings with him a wealth of industrial experience gleaned during his professional career,” says Mr Acker, chairman of KHS’ Executive Management Board. Dr Grobe has extensive knowledge as an executive manager of product and technological developments, innovative projects and production and manufacturing processes.

The 53-year-old computer scientist who obtained his PhD from RWTH Aachen University in 1998, initially held various posts at Bosch Rexroth AG, among them the vice-presidency of Sales for Industrial Management, Key Account Management and Application Development for Industrial Applications. Dr Grobe was then managing director of Bosch Rexroth in India.

On 1 September 2015, he joined Dürr Systems AG as senior vice-president of Sales and Marketing for Paint and Final Assembly Systems. On 1 April 2019, Dr. Grobe will take up his new position as head of Sales and Service at KHS. “We’re well set up for the future and shall together generate key impetus for the growth of the KHS Group,” said Mr Acker.