Kai Greten, the nephew of Ernst Greten, has assumed control of the family enterprise which is now in its fifth generation.

As before, Kai Greten, as a managing director, is responsible for the technical management; Uwe Kahmann remains in charge of commercial affairs and the Fagus division (shoe lasts) continues to be managed by Claus Topp.

Ernst Greten remains with the company as a consultant and will drive forward innovation projects.

The GreCon business unit is the market leader in the development and manufacturing of measuring equipment and fire protection systems for many types of industries – including the wood based panels industry.