Thomas Werder to become new Head
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations at SIG
Neuhausen
Rhine
Falls
, August 4, 2005
Effective beginning of September 2005 and
following a one-month familiarization period, Thomas Werder (44) will assume the
position of Head Corporate Communications & Investor Relations at SIG. The
two group functions were recently merged into a single task profile. Thomas
Werder can look back on several years of management experience in the corporate
and financial communications sector. In recent years, he held similar positions
at Day Software and Swisslog.
Thomas Werder replaces the current Heads of
Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Dr. Matthias Knill and Dr.
Thomas Schneckenburger, who will both leave the company of their own accord in
September in order to take up new career opportunities in October 2005. The SIG
Management extends its thanks to Mr. Schneckenburger and Mr. Knill for their
valuable services and dedication to the SIG Group over the past several years.
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SIG is an international
provider of aseptic beverage cartons and packaging equipment for value
added beverages and liquid food.
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SIG Company Information:
SIG is a global supplier of packaging material,
plant systems and services for the beverage industry and a leader in selected
markets.
The SIG Beverages Division is an internationally
leading manufacturer of plant systems for the production of plastic packaging as
well as complete solutions for the beverage industry.
SIG Corpoplast is an internationally leading
supplier with 30 years of experience in the design, construction, sales and
servicing of machines and systems for producing PET bottles. The machine range
comprises stretch blow molding machines of the BLOMAX Series III with outputs of
more than 40,000 PET bottles per hour and PLASMAX coating machines for enhanced
barrier properties, improved quality and longer shelf life of sensitive drinks
in PET bottles.
With its 6,671 employees, the SIG group generated
sales of about 1.7 billion euro in the fiscal year 2004.
© SIG Corpoplast GmbH & Co. KG 2005
For further details, please contact:
SIG
Holding Ltd., CH-8212 Neuhausen am
Rheinfall/Switzerland, www.sig.biz
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