New Management of the Plastics Division at SSI SCHAEFER

Dr. Armin Vogel joins the Advisory Board of the Plastics Business Unit

Stephan Sielaff will take over the management of the Plastics Business Unit within the SSI SCHAEFER Group on August 01, 2025. Sielaff brings over 30 years’ experience in a variety of functions with a focus on business development and operations management and has worked for companies including Unilever and Symrise. During his career, he worked for more than 20 years in leadership positions in Germany and abroad, most recently as CEO of a listed company in Austria.

Stephan Sielaff will succeed Dr. Vogel on July 1, 2025, and will assume responsibility for the Plastics Division on August 1, 2025. After more than 12 years of dedicated service and achievement, in recent years as CEO of SSI SCHAEFER Plastics, Dr. Armin Vogel will move to the Advisory Board of the Plastics Business Unit on September 1, 2025, in order to continue to support the division with his extensive experience. 

Peter Edelmann, CEO of the SSI SCHAEFER Group, comments: »Our heartfelt thanks go to Dr. Vogel, who has contributed his great commitment and expertise to the SSI SCHAEFER Group for more than 12 years. In recent years, he has also shaped and significantly developed the Plastics Business Unit. We are therefore delighted that Dr. Vogel has accepted the Advisory Board mandate and will continue to support the division in an advisory capacity in the future.«

Regarding Stephan Sielaff's succession, Peter Edelmann adds: »In Stephan Sielaff, we have found an extremely competent successor for the role of CEO of SSI SCHAEFER Plastics. We wish him a good start and are looking forward to working with him.«