IFCO Systems Names Wolfgang Orgeldinger Chief Executive Officer by Jordan Okumura


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Thu. August 22nd, 2013 - by Jordan Okumura-Wright

<p>IFCO Systems has named Wolfgang Orgeldinger as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company as well as Group President of the Reusable Plastic Crates (RPCs) segment of IFCO’s parent company, Brambles Limited. He succeeds Karl Pohler, who is retiring to pursue other interests. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Mr. Orgeldinger has been Chief Operating Officer of IFCO since 2002, according to a press release, where he has been responsible for all aspects of the company’s operations, logistics, asset management and information technology. He was Chief Information Officer of IFCO between 2000 and 2002, responsible for e-logistics and information technology. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Before joining IFCO, Mr. Orgeldinger held various executive positions with information technology distribution company Computer 2000.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Mr. Orgeldinger, stated, “I am delighted to take up this position with IFCO and Brambles and look forward to working with our customers and partners worldwide over coming years. I am extremely grateful to Karl for his leadership, support and contribution during 13 successful years of leading and growing IFCO and look forward to working with him on a smooth leadership transition.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The leadership succession process at IFCO follows the successful integration of the business into Brambles since that company acquired the business in March 2011, and its development into the world’s leading provider of RPC pooling solutions, serving retailers and fresh food producers from 45 locations with a pool of more than 180 million RPCs.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Mr. Pohler, noted, “The transition to Wolfgang’s leadership of IFCO ensures continuity in terms of continuing to serve the IFCO customer base and grow the business. It has been my pleasure building this business over the past 13 years and I am confident that it will continue its growth path under Wolfgang’s leadership as part of Brambles.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Congrats to Wolfgang on your new role and to Karl on your recent retirement!</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.ifco.com/global/com/en/index.php" target="_new">IFCO </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">