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EPAL Appoints Bernd Dörre as Managing Director
Dörre succeeds Christian Kühnhold who held the position with EPAL until 31st March 2021.
Bernd Dörre is the new managing director of EPAL, after having provided advice on the development of EPAL for more than 20 years. Over this period, the EPAL Euro pallet pool has become the largest open pallet exchange pool in the world. He initially worked as a lawyer for EPAL before supporting EPAL’s Board and management as a consultant since 2009. He is a specialist lawyer for intellectual property law.
“Bernd Dörre has in-depth knowledge of the pallet market and all the requirements of the EPAL Euro pallet pool,” explained Robert Holliger, EPAL President. “Over the years, he has provided expert advice to the EPAL Board and led important EPAL projects
The further extension of the EPAL Euro pallet pool as an essential component of sustainable warehousing and transportation logistics will be a focal point of Bernd Dörre’s activities, as will the next step in the digitalization of the EPAL Euro pallet pool.
“EPAL is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year,” commented Dörre. “Throughout this time, EPAL and the EPAL National Associations have stood for environmentally- and
climate-friendly use of high-quality, exchangeable EPAL pallets.
“In the coming years, we want to further extend the importance of the EPAL Euro pallet pool so that users can achieve their sustainability goals and to make the EPAL Euro pallet pool even easier to use, more effective, and better for retail, industry, and logistics,” he continued.
Bernd Dörre is 54 years old, married, and has two children. His interests include art and he enjoys visiting galleries, museums, and exhibitions.