The supervisory board has appointed Remco de Jong as President of De Dietrich Process Systems as of July 7, 2015.
Remco de Jong, 52, has held top management positions in international, large industrial groups in France and in Germany. Trained as a science and technology engineer, Remco joined the Corus Group (now Tata Europe) as successive head of different departments. In 2004, he moved to Almatis Group as Director of Operations in China and became CEO in 2009. In 2011, he supervised the refractory minerals department of Imerys, a group including 20 industrial sites worldwide.
Marc-Antoine de Dietrich, President of the supervisory board, comments, “We are pleased to welcome Remco de Jong who has a strong experience in managing and developing international industrial groups. His task will be to give new impetus to DDPS growth by developing innovative solutions for our customers in Europe, Asia and America. Remco’s arrival marks a new stage in the development conducted from Alsace of our independent industrial group.”
He added, “The entire supervisory board joins me in paying tribute to the work carried out by Daniel Steck during all these years. He has been a key player for our company. All our best wishes of success accompany him in his new projects.”
