{"id":107366,"date":"2026-04-28T14:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/?p=107366"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:52:48","slug":"klasmann-deilmann-change-at-the-helm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/klasmann-deilmann-change-at-the-helm\/","title":{"rendered":"Klasmann-Deilmann: Change at the helm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1013\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107353\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab.png 1800w, https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Moritz B\u00f6cking is leaving the company; Jan Astrup appointed Managing Director<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">After fifteen years of successful collaboration, Managing Director Moritz B\u00f6cking and the&nbsp;Shareholders of Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH have mutually agreed to part ways.&nbsp;Effective&nbsp;1&nbsp;May 2026,&nbsp;Moritz B\u00f6cking will hand over&nbsp;his position as Managing Director&nbsp;to Jan Astrup, who previously served as Chief Operating Officer at the company in 2021\/2022. Jan Astrup and Damian Ikemann will henceforth form the&nbsp;Board of Managing Directors&nbsp;of the Klasmann-Deilmann Group.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Klasmann-Deilmann thanks Moritz B\u00f6cking for their collaboration and the progress achieved in the transformation of the Klasmann-Deilmann Group. Moritz B\u00f6cking expanded Klasmann-Deilmann beyond the growing media business into new areas of&nbsp;commercial&nbsp;horticulture and promoted innovation and digitalization within the company. In addition, his achievements include the expansion of resources derived from renewable raw materials, as well as the acquisition of a subsidiary in Australia and production facilities in France and Canada, which are operated in cooperation with external partners. He also significantly advanced Klasmann-Deilmann\u2019s positioning as a global pioneer of sustainable development in the growing media industry, thereby making a decisive contribution to the company\u2019s economic growth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With Jan Astrup, Klasmann-Deilmann is gaining an internationally experienced manager who has proven himself within the company and possesses extensive expertise in raw materials, production, process optimization, and technology. With the new&nbsp;Managing&nbsp;Director, the growing importance of raw material- and technology-driven areas for the substrate industry is now firmly anchored at the top management level. Jan Astrup will strengthen the core business in&nbsp;commercial&nbsp;horticulture and help to further develop the company in a future-proof manner.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1013\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107353\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab.png 1800w, https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog_Visual_MB_Staffelstab-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moritz B\u00f6cking is leaving the company; Jan Astrup appointed Managing Director&nbsp; After fifteen years of successful collaboration, Managing Director Moritz B\u00f6cking and the&nbsp;Shareholders of Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH have mutually agreed to part ways.&nbsp;Effective&nbsp;1&nbsp;May 2026,&nbsp;Moritz B\u00f6cking will hand over&nbsp;his position as Managing Director&nbsp;to Jan Astrup, who previously served as Chief Operating Officer at the company in 2021\/2022. Jan Astrup and Damian Ikemann will henceforth form the&nbsp;Board of Managing Directors&nbsp;of the Klasmann-Deilmann Group.&nbsp; Klasmann-Deilmann thanks Moritz B\u00f6cking for their collaboration and the progress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[671],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Klasmann-Deilmann: Change at the helm - Klasmann-Deilmann<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After fifteen years of successful collaboration, Managing Director Moritz B\u00f6cking and the\u00a0Shareholders of Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH have mutually agreed to part ways.\u00a0Effective\u00a01\u00a0May 2026,\u00a0Moritz B\u00f6cking will hand over\u00a0his position as Managing Director\u00a0to Jan Astrup.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/klasmann-deilmann.com\/en\/klasmann-deilmann-change-at-the-helm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Klasmann-Deilmann: Change at the helm - 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