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Bert-Jan Knoef appointed Chairman of the Management Board of STILL

Bert-Jan Knoef (49) has been appointed Chairman of the Management Board of STILL with effect from 1 April 2010. Bert-Jan Knoef succeeds Dr. Rolf Karg whose contract runs out on 30 March 2010 when he will retire at the age of sixty. Thomas A. Fischer (50) has been newly appointed to the STILL Management Board from 1 April 2010 having previously headed up STILL's activities in France. He will be taking over responsibility for the Sales, Service and Marketing division from Bert-Jan Knoef.

Thomas A. Fischer (50) has been newly appointed to the STILL Management Board from 1 April 2010 having previously headed up STILL's activities in France.
Thomas A. Fischer (50) has been newly appointed to the STILL Management Board from 1 April 2010 having previously headed up STILL's activities in France.

Gordon Riske, chairman of the STILL GmbH supervisory board and CEO of the KION Group, commented: "Over recent years, Rolf Karg has shown great personal commitment in shaping the strategy and culture at STILL and in building a crisis-resistant company. We would like to offer him our heartfelt thanks for his achievements. STILL is very well placed to benefit from the return to growth in the industrial trucks and intralogistics market thanks to its state-of-the-art range of products, numerous innovations, and new trucks and software products in the pipeline. Rolf Karg also brought together a highly skilled and experienced management team who will ensure the continued success of the STILL brand after his retirement."

Bert-Jan Knoef has been a member of the Management Board at STILL GmbH responsible for Sales, Service and Marketing since 2005. He previously held various executive positions in sales & marketing for Linde's refrigeration technology division. From 1985 to 1998 he was employed in a variety of international management roles at the Black & Decker Group.

Thomas A. Fischer has held a variety of senior management positions at STILL since 1995, most recently as Managing Director of STILL S.A.R.L. in France. Prior to this and since 1988 he worked in sales & marketing for Lenze, Mercedes-Benz and Renault Trucks Germany.

(Press Release of STILL GmbH)

Press Contact:
STILL GmbH
Jürgen Wrusch
Berzeliusstraße 10
22113 Hamburg

Tel: +49 (0)40 73 39-15 08
Fax: +49 (0)40 73 39-12 49
E-mail: juergen.wrusch(at)still.de

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