Ingo Schiller
The decision on the departure of both Schiller and Ennen was taken in December, and announced internally along with a number of other management changes. At the same time Kenichi Sawada was appointed to head the European business.
Speaking of his departure Schiller said: "After almost seven years, I will be leaving Tadano on February 1, 2023. Working in the Tadano group has been an honour and a fantastic experience. It was a privilege to work in the Pan-America region and for Tadano Ltd. to operate worldwide. Working across many cultures, markets and industries made my time at Tadano fly by far too quickly. I would like to thank the Tadano company and my employees again and wish you all the best.”
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This appears to be something of a shift in corporate management philosophy from Tadano chief executive Toshiaki Ujiie. In recent years the company had seemed to be on the road to greater corporate internationalisation and a more cosmopolitan executive board - something that tends to be rare with Japanese companies.
At Bauma Toshiaki Ujiie did stress that the immediate focus going forward was to create a globally consistent company, where production efficiencies, service and product quality were the same no matter where in the world a Tadano product is designed or built. Perhaps this is part of that strategy?
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