Blinds & Shutters - Issue 4-2020

PROFILE
All change at Sattler
There has been a
management
change at Sattler
SUN-TEX GmbH
Sattler SUN-TEX GmbH, the Austria-based
company among the worldwide leaders of
producers of technical textiles for sun
protection, visual and glare protection, boat covers
and outdoor upholstery, reports a planned
management change of as of 1st July 2020.
Andreas Freiler, after his long and highly
successful service as managing director
technical/production, has entered his welldeserved
retirement. He has led the company,
along with Manfred Heissenberger, managing
director marketing & sales, to a leading position in
terms of quality and innovation. With the de-
velopment and launch of innovative products such
as Lumera and Twilight Pearl, to name but a few,
Sattler SUN-TEX GmbH has set new market
standards for sun protection. Due to the
consistent market orientation of production and
production planning, Sattler SUN-TEX GmbH
stands for the highest levels of supply security and
for quick delivery times, even in difficult periods.
The position of managing director
technical/production has been taken over by a
textile expert of international experience, Ibrahim
Türköz.
Mr. Türköz completed his qualifications as textile
machine operator, textile mechanic and apprentice
master. Afterwards, he graduated from his studies
of Textile and Clothing Technology at the
Hochschule Niederrhein (Germany).
He has almost 20 years of qualified leadership
experience as factory manager, technical section
leader and managing director in the production of
technical textiles and clothing textiles. He has
gathered his experience in Germany, Switzerland,
and to a large extent outside of Europe.
“A highly competent and well-regarded
professional leaves us in the person of Andreas
Freiler, but due to our long-term planning, we
managed to gain a highly experienced textile
manager in Ibrahim Türköz for our company. After
an intense period of handover, Freiler continues to
be at our side with his counsel and expertise,” as
Manfred Heissenberger is glad to sum up his
thoughts about this fortunate instance of
succession planning.
As for Ibrahim Türköz, he is already busy
working on shaping the future of SATTLER SUN-
TEX: “I am grateful to be collaborating with this
team of specialists of the domain of technical
textiles here at Sattler. Further- more, it is a
pleasure to look forward to the multitude of tasks
and challenges linked to the elaboration of a new
collection.”
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