Truking welcomes appointment of Romaco CEO

TRUKING Investment Co., Ltd, which acquired majority interest in Romaco in July 2017, is pleased with the appointment of Jörg Pieper as the new CEO of Romaco Holding GmbH in Karlsruhe,Germany. He has taken over from Paulo Alexandre whose contributions for the past six years has been valued by the Advisory Board.

“Jörg Pieper, Romaco’s new CEO, is a proven industry expert with an in-depth knowledge of Asia,” says Yue Tang, chairman of Truking. “With him at the helm, the company will have a chance to concentrate on its core competencies and systematically strengthen the innovation capability of its seven brands.”

Jörg Pieper, CEO of Romaco Holding GmbH

Romaco, a global supplier of processing and packaging equipment, predominantly for the pharmaceutical industry, is undergoing a strategic realignment following the acquisition of a majority interest by Truking Investment based in Changsha, China.

As CEO, Mr Pieper will be in charge of Sales & Customer Service, Product Management, Marketing and International Strategy Development. “We are aiming to give an entirely new meaning to the term ‘close to the customer’ and to simultaneously strengthen our service mentality”, he said. “In the future, it will be particularly important to anticipate the needs of our customers worldwide, to enable us to respond promptly and flexibly to changing market requirements.”

Mr Pieper joined Romaco Holding GmbH in 2011. As Vice President Customer Service, he was initially responsible for establishing customer service throughout the Group. In 2013, he transferred to Romaco Kilian GmbH as Managing Director, playing a major part in the tablet press manufacturer’s success story. Before joining Romaco, he held other top-level management positions at European and American corporations in the component industry and the machine building sector.

Romaco also announced that Carsten Strenger will remain CFO/COO of Romaco Holding GmbH with responsibility for Finance and Operations.