Timo Maisel: From the automotive supplier ZF in China to Voss in Wipperfürth

Wipperfürth. Timo Maisel has already had the container shipped from Asia to Germany. His move is coming up in these hot days in mid-August. From the major Chinese city of Shanghai to the tranquil Bergisches Land. In Wipperfürth, the region's oldest town, is the automotive supplier Voss. Maisel will take over the management of the company starting next year and is to steer it through stormy times for the industry. The manager comes from the significantly larger automotive supplier ZF. There, he was responsible for the transmission and e-mobility business in the Asia-Pacific region. Now he is moving to Voss from China, the crisis region par excellence for the German automotive industry. There, the sales figures and profits of German manufacturers have been plummeting for years—dragging the entire industry into a historic crisis.