Germany's Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) is expanding its management again as it continues its comeback.
FSG, bought by investor Lars Windhorst out of insolvency in 2020, said it is appointing Carsten Treuer as head of operations and Bernd Liedtke as head of sales.
Both bring with them extensive industry experience, the company added.
Treuer, 56, is tasked with aligning the yard with the requirements of the market and the future FSG product portfolio.
"The first thing now is to set the right priorities in the operational organisation," he said.
"This concerns all areas, from planning and production to materials management, quality management and IT."
From apprentice to manager
Truer began as an apprentice shipbuilder before studying naval engineering.
He has spent time at shipbuilder IHI in Japan and was division director at Hellenic Shipyards in Greece for two years.
The engineer has managed shipbuilding projects in China, Bangladesh, Uganda and Brazil.
For the past nine years, he has worked for the ADMK/Nobiskrug shipyard group and the Lurssen-Kroger shipyard.
"The shipyard’s good technological facilities as well as the equally good process understanding of the employees offer the best conditions for successful projects which are focused on the demands of the market," he added.
Trainer seafarer Liedtke, 57, has held positions at various shipyards in northern Germany.
These include Nobiskrug, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Lurssen Shipyard.
"I am very much looking forward to working with these two shipbuilding specialists," said chief executive Philipp Maracke.
"We want to position ourselves strongly in the market by explicitly demonstrating FSG’s far-reaching competencies."
First order confirmed
In November, reborn FSG confirmed its first order under the new ownership.
Windhorst's IVP Ship Invest firmed up a €140m ($168m) deal for a 4,007-lane-metre ro-ro and an option for a second.
Delivery of the first 210-metre, 32,770-gt ship is set for April 2022.
Windhorst is the founder of Tennor Holding, which acquired FSG in September.
Construction was scheduled to start in December. Earlier in 2020, Windhorst had indicated he was planning a ro-ro order.
