Dr. Wolfgang Jarre has been a managing partner of our company since 1994 and acted as spokesman of the board since 2005. His name will remain associated, more particularly, with the successful expansion of our plastics business and the internationalisation of Lehmann&Voss&Co. Dr. Thomas Oehmichen and Soenke Thomsen have been appointed as new managing partners with effect from 1 January 2013.