Jan Kleinewefers

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Jan Kleinewefers (born May 12, 1935 in Krefeld as the son of Paul Kleinewefers ) is a German entrepreneur and association official.

education

After graduating from high school in 1954, Kleinewefers studied law and, after completing his traineeship in 1958/1959, volunteered in machine and plant exports. Subsequently, in 1959/1960 he was assistant to the later Federal Bank President Karl Klasen , who was then a member of the board of directors of Deutsche Bank. In 1960/1961 he studied at the Wharton Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, and used the time to defend the US interests of the Kleinewefers company. In 1961 he attended Insead in Fontainebleau with an MBA (Master of Business Administration).

Professional career

In 1962, Kleinewefers joined the family business Joh. Kleinewefers Söhne Maschinenfabrik in Krefeld, the then 100-year-old parent company of the group , as authorized signatory and head of a sales department . In 1964 he became deputy manager there, and in 1965 he became the full managing director. In 1970 he took over the overall management of the company group as managing partner. In 1991 the company had a turnover of around 500 million DM with around 2000 employees in plant and mechanical engineering for the paper and textile industry. In 1992 he brought the majority of his group of companies into the Swiss Sulzer Group by means of an exchange agreement , where he became a member of the board of directors (until 2002); the former Kleinewefers activities were transferred to a joint venture with Voith in 1994 , Voith-Sulzer Papertec, and were taken over entirely by Voith in 1998 (Voith Paper).

In 2003, Kleinewefers took over the majority of shares in the Jagenberg Group from Rheinmetall . In the same year, the plastic plant construction of Kleinewefers (KKA) was integrated into the Jagenberg subsidiary Kampf GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik. In the following years, Jagenberg was reorganized under his supervision as an industrial holding for medium-sized mechanical engineering and textile companies.

Kleinewefers also developed an active real estate business in his native Krefeld. In 2015 he acquired and developed company premises with around 33,000 square meters of production and 10,000 square meters of office space from Voith Paper, which closed the Krefeld site in 2013 and gave up the former Kleinewefers area.

Association activity

From 1993 to 1995, Kleinewefers was President of the VDMA .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handelsblatt: Rheinmetall AG - DGAP ad hoc announcement: Rheinmetall concludes Jagenberg divestment - sale to Kleinewefers Verwaltungs-GmbH  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 31, 2003@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.handelsblatt.com  
  2. ↑ PFFC-online: Kampf GmbH to Take Over KKA Kleinewefers Anlagen GmbH , October 2, 2003 (English)
  3. ↑ Construction & Engineering: Combat - Stocked up  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , November 28, 2003@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www. Konstruktions.de  
  4. ↑ RPonline: Kleinewefers buys Voith site , July 31, 2015, accessed on June 26, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Kleinewefers, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and association official
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld