Dillenburg, 6th of September 2022 – It is an historic moment for the WEBER-Group in Dillenburg:
The system-partner of injection moulded solutions of plastic parts has been managed and guided for about 30 years by the executive participator and CEO Dr. Thomas Zipp (64) in the third generation. Now the follower is named: Andreas Becker. Since August Andreas Becker has extended the executive board – first as Chief Sales & Technology Officer, before he will receive the “CEO-baton” from Dr. Zipp – being then the chairman of the triple headed management at WEBER.
Dr. Zipp himself changes then, as chairman into the supervisory board and will accompany in this new position his follower as well as the two long termed managers Jürgen Deters (CFO) and Boris Zisper (COO) – to progress the strategy of the entrepreneurship of the family Zipp.
Zipp’s succession after 30 years – the beginning of a new era
The company WEBER was founded in 1949 by Josef Weber, in 1962 Artur Zipp joined the management of the company. His son, Dr. Thomas Zipp, started in 1992 – became participator in 1993 and then chief executive shortly after. First, he guided the enterprise together with his father, but since 2000 he managed the position as CEO alone.
“As an entrepreneur in the third generation I take the responsibility, leadership and future development of our family-owned company. A task of responsibility which I have always carried our with a high amount of passion in my heart accompanied with personal fascination”, explained Zipp at the assembly with 500 employees as he was informing about his follower. For many years this change has been structured and planned together – together with the children Anna and Christian Zipp, the mother Hannelore and the brother Dr. Hans Peter Zipp. Now, after 30 years of work operation the moment has come for the new successor at the top of this enterprise taking his seat.
The successor Andreas Becker with a long-termed executive-expertise and international experience in the automotive business
Becker brings in a broad and long-termed experience as chief executive and CEO in the automotive industry supply business and in the business line of plastic technology. The 53 year old Master of business administration and executive MBA is currently in charge as CSTO in the divisions of Sales, Project Management, Product Development/Innovation, Company Communication, Strategy & Proceeding as well as in the division Sealing Compound “wezi-lit”. The next months will be covered with an intensive transition phase, before he then takes over the CEO from Dr. Thomas Zipp.
“Then we are going into the fourth generation of leadership”, so the sight in looking forward to the time with Andreas Becker.
WEBER will remain as a “family-company” with continuity
“I am pleased having a high experienced entrepreneur personality for our house, who fits perfectly with his human character and his high skilled competence into the WEBER-Group, leading it into the future”, looks Zipp into the upcoming time very optimistically and emphasises: “We stay a family-company with continuity” As participator and the chairman of the supervisory board I will co-create the future of the WEBER-Group in the sense of our entrepreneur family.”