During the tenure of Marc Brabant, Asselin-Thibeau reached and consolidated a world-leading reputation for excellence.

With effect from Marc Brabants' retirement February-28, the reins of leadership have now fully passed into the hands of Johannes Haep, Asselin-Thibeau's new Chief Executive Officer.

Johannes Haep is a 42-year old German with an engineering degree from the University of Bochum, Germany. He also has a degree in economics from the same school. Before working in the nonwoven sector, he dedicated his whole career to equipment for the energy industry.

A new professionnal challenge : "I am proud to be offered the opportunity to steer a company that has considerable experience of supplying industrial equipment and a great potential for developping innovative equipments for the textile and nonwoven industry."