Ralf Kleedörfer will succeed Eero Heinonen, who has been responsible for building the Automation side of K.Hartwall during the past 3 years.
Ralf Kleedörfer started in his new role on September 2nd and is based at the K.Hartwall GmbH facilities in Heidenau, Germany.
In the role as Head of Automation Ralf Kleedörfer will take the overall responsibility for the successful expansion and growth of the automation products range. As part of the automation growth strategy of K.Hartwall, he will lead efforts to continuously improve internal processes, product offering and expand the automation product presence into both existing and new markets. “Ralf Kleedörfer brings vast experience of both industrial trucks and mobile robots, and a very good understanding of the customer needs in a fast-moving industry. His background and experience will strengthen the efforts to support our customers with world-class mobile robots and tugger train systems also in the future”, adds Jerker Hartwall, CEO of K.Hartwall.
Ralf Kleedörfer has extensive experience in the field of automation and intralogistics. Before joining K.Hartwall he worked as Head of Self-Driving Technology at SSI Schäfer, where he was responsible for business development and partner management. As a Manager for Linde Material Handling, he oversaw the service and development for industrial trucks. Additionally, Ralf Kleedörfer has had several relevant roles within product development, sales and after-sales of automation, robotics and intralogistics solutions.
„With the experience of more than 25 years in industrial logistics, I am now looking forward to contributing to a young, dynamic company. I am firmly convinced that the combination of experience, creativity and flexible commitment will give K.Hartwall a further boost“, says Ralf Kleedörfer.
