Kelheim Fibres Appoints Mark von der Becke as Sales Director; Matthew North to Retire

From left to right: Mark von der Becke, Dr. Marina Crnoja-Cosic, Matthew North.

June 26, 2023 - Kelheim Fibres announced the appointment of Mark von der Becke as Sales Director and a member of the management team. von der Becke, 48, has many years of experience in the areas of sales, marketing and key account management. He has held various management positions in Germany, Switzerland and China at well-known companies such as Hoechst, Clariant and DS Smith.

The company also announced that Matthew North, Commercial Director, will retire on July 1, 2023 after almost 30 years with the company. North played a significant role in transforming Kelheim Fibres from a supplier of standard fibres to the European textile industry into a supplier of predominantly customized specialty fibres for the hygiene, specialty paper, and textile industries.

In addition, Dr. Marina Crnoja-Cosic, who has been Director New Business Development and has been part of the management team at Kelheim Fibers since 2020, will be responsible for marketing and communication.

Craig Barker, Managing Director of Kelheim Fibres, commented, "On behalf of the entire team I would like to thank Matthew for his outstanding work over the past few decades. We will miss his wealth of experience, his calm demeanor and his British sense of humour. We wish him all the best for his new and exciting chapter in his life. At the same time, we wish his successors every success in the new responsibilities they have now taken on."

Located in Kelheim in South Germany, Kelheim Fibres is a leading manufacturer of specialty viscose fibres with an annual production capacity of about 90,000 tons.

SOURCE: Kelheim Fibres GmbH