Gunnar Groebler will take over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Salzgitter AG on July 1, 2021 and will therefore be the successor to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Jörg Fuhrmann, who is retiring as planned when his employment contract expires due to age. Gunnar Groebler has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 17, 2021: “I am looking forward to my tasks and challenges in the Salzgitter Group and have already taken advantage of the opportunity over the last few weeks to get to know many colleagues during visits to various locations and with them to get into conversation. Thanks to the good work of the past few years and despite the challenges of the Corona pandemic, the company is on very solid footing, for which I would like to thank the entire team and especially Prof. Fuhrmann.” The aim now is to continue to develop the group as a future-oriented steel and technology group; a particular focus will be SALCOS ® - Salzgitter Low CO 2 steelmaking, explained Groebler. “With this transformation project for low-CO 2 steel production, Salzgitter AG is a leader in the steel industry. We will now quickly expand our good starting position. With the start of construction of our µDRAL direct reduction plant in Salzgitter, the next steps have already been initiated.” Gunnar Groebler has previously held leading positions at the internationally operating energy group Vattenfall, most recently as a member of Executive Group Management, responsible for the Wind Business Area.