Before joining Goldhofer, the trained electrical engineer, who was born in Austria, was managing director of MND Austria GmbH (Innsbruck/A). Prior to that, he spent six years with the Swiss Aebi Schmidt Group, serving as managing director of the Austrian subsidiary Aebi Schmidt Austria GmbH (Inzing/A) and he also acted for a time as Sales&Service Director for Central and Southern Europe. His other career steps include positions with Prinoth AG (Vipiteno/I) and General Electric. “With his high level of professional and social competence, Christof Peer will be able to expand our strong market position on a continuous basis. As a practitioner with vision, he will help us to position Goldhofer as an accomplished solution provider for the airports of the future,” says Lothar Holder, CEO at Goldhofer AG and Head of Airport Technology. Christof Peer: “Together with my team I am very much looking forward to serving our customers in the development, implementation and operation of sustainable airport infrastructures. To this end, Goldhofer not only offers comprehensive organizational and operating strategies but also a wide range of customized solutions at attractive conditions. Since we capture and evaluate specific and reliable operational and usage data, we are able to configure exactly the vehicles and fleets that our customers really need.”
The Goldhofer Group has about 800 employees designing and producing practical heavy haul and special transport solutions for the most challenging logistics requirements. The beginnings of the company with its twin locations in Memmingen and Ostfildern, Germany go all the way back to 1705.
The Transport Technology division delivers user-oriented haulage solutions and a full range of dedicated accessories for on- and off-road operations with payloads of up to 15,000 tons and more, plus regional modifications tailored to the local infrastructure and market requirements. In addition to trailers and semi-trailers for the construction and haulage industries, Goldhofer also supplies transport systems for the wind power industry and a range of heavy-duty combinations with and without hydrostatic drive for transporting oversized and heavy cargos.
The Airport Technology division has a focus on the specific requirements of airport logistics. The division’s wide range of conventional and towbarless aircraft tow tractors, aircraft recovery systems, and cargo and baggage tractors in all size classes are reliable performers for continuous operations in ground support at airports worldwide. With its transport solutions in zero-emission e-versions (»IonMaster« technology), Goldhofer is a prominent pioneer in the field of e-mobility.
Goldhofer AG
Donaustraße 95
87700 Memmingen
Telefon: +49 8331 15-0
Telefax: +49 8331 15-239
http://www.goldhofer.com
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E-Mail: erich.traub@goldhofer.com