DFT expands the management

Since 1 January 2023 Johannes Holas and Dirk Bockelmann are new members of the DFT management and authorised signatories of Dürkopp Fördertechnik GmbH. Both reinforce the previous management consisting of Sigurd Völker (Managing Director) and Helmut Schmitz (Authorised Signatory). Johannes Holas is responsible for strategy and group integration. Dirk Bockelmann is responsible for sales and marketing. Together with the existing management, the further expansion of the market position on an international level will be pushed.

»DFT has shown impressive development in recent years,« explains Dirk Bockelmann. »I am looking forward to actively shaping the future course of the company. I see my main tasks as creating the necessary framework conditions for the ongoing internationalisation and continuing to drive DFT's profitable growth to date as members of the KNAPP Group.«
»The further integration into the software and process landscape of the KNAPP Group opens up new opportunities for DFT. Since the acquisition of DFT by KNAPP AG in 2010, a lot has changed in the market and both companies have often gone down joint paths in projects. Now is the right time for further networking to leverage new competitive advantages for both companies,« explains Johannes Holas.

Johannes Holas has 11 years of leadership and management experience at KNAPP AG, based in Hart near Graz, Austria. After internal positions in the areas of Solution Design, Systems Engineering and most recently as VP of the Fashion business unit, he helped shape the success story of KNAPP AG as a globally active technology company.

Dirk Bockelmann hat in den vergangenen 19 Jahren Führungs- und Managementerfahrung bei Wincor Nixdorf, NCR und Becton Dickinson (Rowa) gesammelt. Zunächst im Bereich Services Operations, Services Sales und später in der weltweiten Vertriebsverantwortung, hat er seinen Beitrag zur globalen Expansion in neue Regionen und neue Absatzmärkte geleistet.

»Die Erweiterung der Geschäftsleitung mit den Kollegen Bockelmann und Holas ist ein wichtiger Meilenstein für DFT«, erklärt Geschäftsführer Sigurd Völker. »Mit Johannes Holas und Dirk Bockelmann konnten wir zwei erfahrene und charismatische Führungspersönlichkeiten für die Zukunft von DFT gewinnen, die uns bei der weiteren zielgerichteten Umsetzung der internationalen Wachstumsstrategie unterstützen werden.«