MAHLE names new Head of Corporate Communications/Public Relations Manuela Höhne

MAHLE names new Head of Corporate Communications/Public Relations Manuela Höhne

(PRESS RELEASE) STUTTGART, 11-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Automotive parts manufacturer, MAHLE, announces the appointment of Manuela Höhne as the new Head of Corporate Communications/Public Relations. Manuela will take up her new position on April 1, 2020 and will report to Dr. Jörg Stratmann, CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of the MAHLE Group. Manuela succeeds Birgit Albrecht, who has left the company at her own request.

Manuela Höhne will be responsible for MAHLE’s global media communications and for the areas of internal, marketing, and aftermarket communication.

“We are delighted to have recruited an experienced and skilled communications expert for our company in Manuela Höhne. Her long-standing international experience in PR as well as in many areas of the automotive industry will provide new impetus that will substantially support MAHLE’s ongoing development,” commented Dr. Jörg Stratmann.

Manuela joins MAHLE from the Volkswagen Group, where she has worked since 2013. She started as Head of Communications at French supercar manufacturer Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. and most recently as corporate spokesperson for sales and marketing for the group and its core brand Volkswagen Passenger Cars.

Before joining the Volkswagen Group, she worked at British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. as Head of Communications Europe for almost five years.

In 2000, Manuela began her career in the automotive industry with the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) in Frankfurt as press officer, a role she held until 2007 and later at the association’s Berlin offices.

About MAHLE
MAHLE is a leading international development partner and supplier to the automotive industry as well as a pioneer for the mobility of the future. The MAHLE Group is committed to making transportation more efficient, more environmentally friendly, and more comfortable by continuously optimizing the combustion engine, driving forward the use of alternative fuels, and laying the foundation for the worldwide introduction of e-mobility. The group’s product portfolio addresses all the crucial issues relating to the powertrain and air conditioning technology—both for drives with combustion engines and for e-mobility. MAHLE products are fitted in at least every second vehicle worldwide. Components and systems from MAHLE are also used off the road—in stationary applications, for mobile machinery, rail transport, as well as marine applications.

In 2018, the group generated sales of approximately EUR 12.6 billion with more than 79,000 employees and is represented in over 30 countries with 160 production locations. At 16 major research and development centers in Germany, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Spain, Slovenia, the USA, Brazil, Japan, China, and India, more than 6,100 development engineers and technicians are working on innovative solutions for the mobility of the future.

For media information, please contact:

MAHLE GmbH
Ruben Danisch
Corporate Communications/Public Relations
Pragstraße 26 – 46
70376 Stuttgart, Deutschland

Telefon: +49 711 501-12199
Fax: +49 711 501-13700
E-Mail: ruben.danisch@mahle.com

SOURCE: MAHLE GmbH