Jun 16, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Homag Group AG appointed Pekka Paasivaara as CEO with immediate effect. Together with Ralph Heuwing, who will be Co-CEO during a transition period until September 15, 2015, and the Management Board team, Mr. Paasivaara will drive the strategic reorientation of the Homag Group. 

Ralph Heuwing, who also serves as CFO at Dürr AG, is to join the Homag Group's Supervisory Board on September 15, 2015, and take over its chair from Ralf W. Dieter, Chairman of the Board of Management at Dürr AG. Ralf W. Dieter will remain a member of the Homag Group's Supervisory Board. In addition, the contract of Management Board member and Head of Sales Jürgen Köppel will be extended by a further three years. 

Eight months after Dürr acquired a majority stake in Homag Group AG, the integration of the Homag Group has now been completed with the appointment of the new CEO. 

Ralph Heuwing: "The integration of the Homag Group into the Dürr Group has now been completed. The company is making good headway. The forthcoming changes require the greatest attention from the CEO and the Management Board. Pekka Paasivaara is the right person to implement a sustainable strategic reorientation, following the guiding principle of one Homag. I would like to continue to be personally involved in the development of the Homag Group as active Chairman of the Supervisory Board."