Management
With passion
In 1998, Sabine and Dr. Wolf Herold took over DELO Industrial Adhesives in a management buy-out. Since then, both have been managing partners of the company. At that time, Dr. Wolf Herold had been managing director of DELO for several years. Sabine Herold joined DELO in 1989 after graduating in chemical engineering. Before being promoted to management, she led the Engineering, Marketing and Sales departments. Since October 2022, Dr. Karl Bitzer and Christian Walther have been strengthening the management. Dr. Karl Bitzer has a PhD in physics and Christian Walther graduated in engineering.
Responsibility for company functions
Dr.-Ing. Wolf Herold
Research & Development, Finances, Buildings, Equipment Technology
Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Herold
Engineering, Marketing, Human Resources, Sales, Contract Manamgenent
Dr. rer. nat. Karl Bitzer
Strategy, Product Management, IT, Business Development
Dipl.-Ing. Christian Walther
Production, Logistics, Mechanical Process Engineering, Purchasing, Facility Management, Quality Management
Honorary posts | Sabine Herold
- Federation of German Industries (BDI), member of the Presidential Board
- German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), member of the Presidential Board and of the Independent Entrepreneur Committee
- ifo Institute, member of the Board of Trustees
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, member of the Senate
- Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, member of the Board of Trustees
- The Innovation Dialogue between Chancellor Merkel, industry and science (acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering), member of the steering commitee (2014-2017)
- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, SME Advisory Board (2005-2017)
- Agency for Disruptive Innovations, Founding Commission (2019)
