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STIHL restructures board of management as family partners retire from operative business As of July 1, 2002 the STIHL group will reduce the number of board members from eight to five and restructure board responsibilities. This measure is directly related to the retirement of the family partners on the board from the operative business and their move to the supervisory board. Dr.-Ing. Bertram Kandziora Vorstandsressort Produktion und Materialwirtschaft Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. Peter Dürolf Vorstandsbereich Finanzen und Personal Notice: You can download the pdf-files with a right-mouse click. Original photo (top) JPG (38 KB) Original photo (bottom) JPG (15 KB) CV's of members of the board of management PDF (8 KB) Press release PDF (9 KB) Press release + photo ZIP (69 KB) You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print these documents. Please click here for download. (Please be advised that STIHL is not liable for content of external websites).