The independent manufacturer C. Otto Gehrckens GmbH & Co. KG (COG), one of the leading suppliers of precision seals in Germany, is facing a transition in management. Ingo Metzger, the Technical Managing Director of the long-established family business, will be joining the Advisory Board at the end of the year after 30 years of active management. His new successor, Dr Jan Cord Becker, will jointly lead the business together with Jan Metzger, who continues to head up the commercial operations of the company.
Dr Jan Cord Becker is a mechanical engineer and has more than 20 years of professional experience as a managing director in leading positions in industrial companies. One focus in his previous role, was the successful optimisation and reorganisation of an internationally active family business in the tool industry.
Ingo and Jan Metzger commented: “With Jan Cord Becker, we have gained a proven expert in corporate development who will lead the company with great strategic foresight and will continue our successful path of further growth.”
C.Otto Gehrckens looks back on a successful company history of more than 150 years and is still family-owned and -managed. Jan Metzger represents the fifth generation of family in the company.
