German Distributor adds further Management Expertise to Leadership Team

Dirk Forler has recently been named Managing Director at specialty chemicals and intermediates distributor GB-Chemie GmbH (Messel, Germany). He joins co-directors Thomas Dassler and Jürgen Martin at the privately held company, which dates its origins back to 1974. GB-Chemie became is a member of Hugo Häffner Group (Asperg, Germany) in 1992.

A seasoned distribution industry veteran, Forler has held executive management positions at Lomberg GmbH, part of Wocklum Group (Oberhausen, Germany) and at Harke Group (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) before taking up his new position. The appointment is effective 01. February 2021.

Source: GB-Chemie website, LinkedIn, DistriConsult research

HGE – DCG / 12.02.2021