TPT March 2023

INDUSTRY

Rolf Behringer retires after 44 years of commitment to the family business

range supplier of sawing technology and equipment for sheet metal and profile processing and operates its own iron foundry. The customer base extends across the entire metalworking industry. Andreas Behringer will focus primarily on HR issues in the company. In times of strong change, employees are the strongest resource for a company. This is the prerequisite for innovation and competitiveness on the world market. “I am convinced that our future success will depend even more than before on the people who decide to join our family business,” he said. Andreas Behringer recently took over the management activities from his father Rolf Behringer

and spending a year abroad, he studied international management in Mannheim until 2015. Andreas Behringer started his professional career as a project manager at a service and consulting company near Frankfurt, Germany. Over a period of four years, he gained insights into a wide variety of industries in Germany. In 2020, he joined the family business. The family business, Behringer, was founded 103 years ago in Kirchardt by August Behringer, the grandfather of the managing directors Rolf and Christian Behringer. It was still a mechanical workshop and the production of hacksaws began after the Second World War. With the development of the column-guided band saw, the international success and growth of the company began. Now the company presents itself as a full

ROLF Behringer first took over the management from his father Willy Behringer in 1988. He was mainly responsible for purchasing and the commercial areas in the company. During this time, the company also made the transition from a workshop to a steadily growing and internationally active industrial company. Since 2000, he has managed the company together with his cousin Christian Behringer, who is responsible for technology, sales and marketing. Rolf Behringer stepped down from operational management at the end of 2022, but will continue to be available as a shareholder in an advisory role. Andreas Behringer is the fourth generation to join the management team. After graduating from high school

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