Pioneer and entrepreneur
Our customers are faced with greater challenges than ever before. Processes have to be optimised more and more quickly, and projects are implemented in ever shorter periods of time. As a multidisciplinary association of specialised companies, METROPLAN is happy to accept these challenges, and offers comprehensive solutions to individual questions and problems.
Our customers have been trusting METROPLAN for years, because they know that the entire team, from the management to the individual project members, works passionately to develop the best solutions for them. All of the management’s energy and efforts are always concentrated on one objective: Your success. That is our mission.
Fritz Hürsch
As the longest-serving member of METROPLAN, Fritz Hürsch holds all the reins as the strategic mastermind of the company. He thinks purposefully, but is also networked-minded and able to win people over to his point of view. Hürsch, who was born in Switzerland, applies his enthusiasm and dedication to complex and interdisciplinary tasks. Fritz Hürsch is the Managing Director of METROPLAN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT GmbH.
Dipl.-Ing. Friedrich Wilhelm Düsing
After earning his degree in mechanical engineering, with a special focus on production and logistics, Friedrich Wilhelm Düsing joined Procter & Gamble, where, as Department Manager, he was responsible for the complete intralogistics at one of the company’s locations. A logistics specialist, he has a solid understanding of logistics processes both within and outside of logistics centres, is technically-minded and has a flair for dealing with people. Friedrich-Wilhelm Düsing is the Managing Director of METROPLAN ENGINEERING GmbH.
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Holger Lorenzen
As a born and bred north German, logistics expert Holger Lorenzen stays focused and maintains a broad overview, even under great pressure. After earning his degree in business engineering, he joined METROPLAN in 1987, where he has managed a number of logistics projects, specialising in warehousing, material flow and commissioning systems. Holger Lorenzen is the Managing Director of METROPLAN LOGISTICS
MANAGEMENT GmbH.
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Mielke
A strategist and passionate racing cyclist, Thomas Mielke is a purchasing professional down to the very core. He worked for seven years as a business consultant and partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Following that, he held the position as Manager of the “Central Purchasing and Logistics” Department at Jungheinrich AG for 12 years. Thomas Mielke is the Managing Director of METROPLAN PROCESS MANAGEMENT GmbH.
Dipl.-Wirtschaft.-Ing. Ulrich Dantzer
For more than 25 years, this globalisation expert has specialised in the technical and business management processes that have to be planned and implemented down to the last detail when it comes to relocation of production and the development of logistics networks. His speciality is tapping into the markets of the Eastern European growth regions; his passion is music. He enables the METROPLAN “orchestra” to strike the right note every time. Ulrich Dantzer is the Managing Director of METROPLAN EASTERN EUROPE GmbH.
Dipl.- Arch. FH/TU Peter Paul Scharwath
A qualified architect and construction engineer, Peter Paul Scharwarth has held management positions at METROPLAN for over 15 years. A passionate interdisciplinary project manager, he merges expert knowledge with strategic thinking and action, motivating customer teams to achieving excellence. He combines his interest in foreign countries and Eastern European cultures with his industrial, logistics and transport projects. Peter Scharwarth is the Managing Director of METROPLAN POLSKA Sp.z o.o.