Danzer announces changes in its management team

Global hardwood specialist Danzer announces changes in its management. After 21 years with the company, Olof von Gagern retires. His successor as CEO of Danzer Veneer Europe is Rudi Heinzelmann. Ulrich Grauert will assume the role as CEO of Interholco AG.

In the future, the Danzer and Interholco brands will operate independently from each other: Danzer will focus on hardwood from temperate forests, Interholco will sharpen its focus as a social, environmental and economic leader in tropical forest management as well as a leading producer of tropical wood.

The management changes at Danzer had been prepared well in advance. Rudi Heinzelmann and Ulrich Grauert had been acting as COO for Danzer Veneer Europe and Interholco AG respectively already.

Ulrich Grauert joined Interholco AG in Switzerland in 1993. Born in Africa, he has spent his entire professional life in the hardwood industry.

“The separate management of the Interholco brand allows us to better focus our activities on the requirements of forest management and timber production in Africa,” says Ulrich Grauert.

Interholco AG is one of the leading international suppliers of African logs and lumber.

Danzer is a leading quality hardwood company with production facilities in North America and Europe.