Milan Strmecki is the new Managing Director of Kögel Trailer Russia

• Strmecki continues the more than twenty year-old success story of Kögel in Russia

The Kögel sales expert Milan Strmecki assumed sole responsibility for the Russian subsidiary Kögel Trailer Russia on 1st October 2015. He succeeds Olga Maslakova, who resigned from the company. As the new Managing Director, he is responsible for the further strategic orientation and the operative business of Kögel in Russia. Strmecki, together with his well established team at Kögel Trailer Russia, is available to the customers to analyse their specific requirements and to advise them on the Kögel product portfolio for the forwarding and construction industry.

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Milan Strmecki is a trained mechanical engineering precision technician with a degree in industrial engineering (technical college). He has been a Kögel employee since 2007, most recently as Key Account Manager for Poland and Russia. He previously held several management positions and was employed for some years as Managing Director of a mid-sized company.

"With the appointment of Milan Strmecki as Managing Director of Kögel Trailer Russia, we have not only a confirmed sales professional, but have also strengthened our focus on customer orientation," says Thomas Heckel, Managing Director of Sales, Purchasing and Marketing at Kögel Trailer GmbH & Co. KG. "We naturally also thank Olga Maslakova for her loyalty and commitment and for her excellent and trustful collaboration. We wish her all the best."

"I am pleased that Thomas Heckel has handed over this responsible position to me," says Milan Strmecki, CEO of Kögel Trailer Russia. "At an economically difficult time, I am stepping in with the goal of continuously re-establishing the new vehicle sales figures and the spare parts business in Russia and thus carrying forward the more than twenty year-old success story of Kögel in Russia."