Rotenburg (Wümme) – Andreas Elsäßer (50), managing partner of BORCO HÖHNS, is handing over the management of the industry and innovation leader for vehicles and solutions for mobile sales to sales manager Carsten Götz (51), technical manager Klaus Meyer (51) and commercial manager Gerrit Volger (42) with effect from the fourth quarter of 2022. Meyer and Volger have been appointed managing directors of the medium-sized family-owned company, which has been awarded the title “Company with a Future (Unternehmen mit Zukunft)”, with effect from 1 October 2022.
Klaus Meyer was trained as a technical draughtsman at BORCO HÖHNS from autumn 1988. As deputy team leader of the technical office, he moved to a local competitor in 2015. Since 2020, Meyer has been technical manager at BORCO HÖHNS with his skills and abilities in the areas of chassis design, electrics, hydraulics as well as furniture construction. “At BORCO HÖHNS, we have experience and skills to produce complex customised special vehicles reliably and sustainably like hardly any other company,” says Meyer. He is married and the father of three children.
Gerrit Volger, commercial manager and authorised signatory at BORCO HÖHNS since April 2020: “Two and a half years ago, I made a conscious decision to join a medium-sized manufacturing company – and here in Rotenburg at BORCO HÖHNS, I have found a highly committed workforce with good prospects”. Volger previously worked for over a decade at the listed HanseYachts AG in Greifswald, where he was in charge of group controlling and corporate development before joining BORCO HÖHNS. Volger is married and has two children.
Carsten Götz joined BORCO HÖHNS in 1992 as a trained industrial clerk in the sales department. After the turn of the millennium, Götz began to develop BORCO HÖHNS’ export business, took over as head of sales at a subsidiary ten years ago and has been in charge of sales at BORCO HÖHNS since 2015. Götz, who was appointed authorised signatory in 2020, assures all existing and future customers that the customer is the focus at BORCO HÖHNS. Together, we develop concepts with which our customers can perfectly showcase themselves and, above all, their products.” Götz is married and the father of two children.
“We have thoroughly prepared this succession in the circle of shareholders over the past two years,” explains Elsäßer. “In order to further cultivate and develop our corporate culture, it was natural for us to build this succession from within the company. The three of them know the importance of our corporate culture as a competitive advantage critical to success.” Elsäßer announced that he would continue to actively support the team as a sparring partner: “Although I will no longer be working in the company, I will continue to be actively involved in the company as a shareholder.
About BORCO HÖHNS
Founded in 1954 as a factory for agricultural and car trailers, BORCO HÖHNS is today the undisputed market and innovation leader in mobile sales in Germany. At the headquarters in Rotenburg an der Wümme, the mobile sales vehicles and trailers are completely designed and manufactured in the company’s own vehicle plant. BORCO HÖHNS employs a good 240 people, and the company recently generated annual sales of almost 40 million euros. The equity ratio is over 50 percent. Extensive quality controls and extensive testing ensure maximum functionality, reliability and value. Each of the approximately 400 BORCO HÖHNS vehicles that can be produced annually is therefore an investment that pays off: Whether a low-cost entry-level vehicle or a high-quality individual model. More than 10,000 BORCO HÖHNS customers – from traditional family businesses to young food truckers – trust in the quality and innovative strength of the industry leader.
