Change in management at Villeroy & Boch Fliesen

As of 1 January 2008 Villeroy & Boch Fliesen (Merzig) will have a new managing director.
Eckhard Kern, previously head of the Purchasing and Logistics division of Heinrich Taxis of Stuttgart, will take over from Peter Von Der Lippe.

Paul Heldens will also join the company on 1 January, leaving the Steuler Group where he was managing director until June 2007.
Heldens will be responsible for markets in Southern Europe and France.