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Harry Prunk leaves Sikora board As announced by the supervisory board, Harry Prunk left the Sikora board of management at the end of March, after more than 45 years of work, shaping the development of the company.

probably nobody who does not know Harry Prunk. I would like to thank him for his passionate commitment, his untiring support of our employees, his valued advice and especially for his valuable friendship.” Dr Jörg Wissdorf has taken over Mr Prunk’s responsibilities. The graduated aerospace engineer previously worked in various leading positions in sales and marketing as well as being managing director at national and international companies. Mr Frank said, “Jörg Wissdorf has many years of experience in corporate management. I am convinced that he will significantly shape and drive the further development and success of Sikora, and I am pleased that we could win him for this position.” Mr Prunk will remain professionally active after his retirement as Sikora board member, and will realise new projects as a consultant for corporate development, with a focus on management and internationalisation. Sikora AG www.sikora.net

Mr Prunk started his career at Sikora in 1975, directly after finishing his studies in electronics, as the third employee with the company founder Harald Sikora. 11 years later he was appointed managing director of Sikora Industrieelektronik GmbH. In 1981, he founded the first subsidiary, Sikora International Corp, in California, USA. Since 1996 he has been a Sikora shareholder. Since the transformation of the company into Sikora AG in 2002, Mr Prunk has been a member of the management board, which he chaired from 2011 to 2015. He was responsible for the sales, marketing and service areas and was particularly involved in the internationalisation of Sikora. The medium-sized company is currently globally positioned with 14 subsidiaries. “We thank Harry Prunk for more than four decades full of outstanding achievements

▲ Harry Prunk has left the Sikora board of management after more than 45 years

for our company, for the close cooperation with customers in the wire and cable, hose and tube as well as plastics industry, and for his persistent commitment in building up the Sikora subsidiaries and representatives,” said Prof Dr Thomas Sikora, chairman of the supervisory board. Dr Christian Frank, Sikora CEO, com- mented, “Harry Prunk understands and embodies Sikora like hardly anyone else. With him, the company developed many new regions and inspired numerous customers. In the cable industry there is

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