{"id":110866,"date":"2026-01-12T10:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=110866"},"modified":"2026-01-12T08:41:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:41:33","slug":"ulrich-reifenhaeuser-retires-from-operational-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/ulrich-reifenhaeuser-zieht-sich-aus-operativer-geschaeftsfuehrung-zurueck\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulrich Reifenh\u00e4user retires from operational management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After 40 years at the helm of the Reifenh\u00e4user Group, Ulrich Reifenh\u00e4user has retired from his active role as Managing Director. The company is thus honouring a formative entrepreneurial personality who has significantly influenced the mechanical engineering company and the plastics industry for decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ulrich Reifenh\u00e4user has decisively shaped the development of the Reifenh\u00e4user Group over four decades. According to the company, the focus was not only on technological innovations, but also on a management style based on partnership that involved employees, customers and business partners alike. His work has sustainably strengthened the Group's position as an internationally active family business.<\/p>\n<h3>Continuity in the family business<\/h3>\n<p>Ulrich Reifenh\u00e4user will remain associated with the Group even after his withdrawal from the operational business. In future, he will be a member of the Advisory Board and will continue to contribute his experience to strategic issues. This is intended to ensure the long-term continuity of the family business, it is said.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-3663739339\"><div id=\"packa-3292182674\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Operational responsibility remains with CEO Bernd Reifenh\u00e4user. He will be supported by CDO Jan Karnath, who joined the operational business in 2024 and is the first member of the fourth generation of the Reifenh\u00e4user family. Together with the management team, the aim is to continue on the current course and at the same time create room for new impetus.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, the Reifenh\u00e4user Group is thus well positioned to continue its success story and actively tackle future challenges in the plastics industry.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<\/em> Reifenh\u00e4user Group<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ulrich Reifenh\u00e4user has had a decisive influence on the development of the Reifenh\u00e4user Group over four decades.","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":110869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Ulrich Reifenh\u00e4user zieht sich nach 40 Jahren aus der operativen Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrung der Reifenh\u00e4user Group zur\u00fcck und bleibt dem Unternehmen als Beirat erhalten.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Reifenh\u00e4user","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[43,54,59464,61090],"class_list":{"0":"post-110866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personen","8":"tag-aus-den-unternehmen","9":"tag-kunststoff-und-verbunde","10":"tag-personen","11":"tag-reifenhaeuser","12":"cs-entry","13":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}