Kugler elected chairman by foreign-trade operators

At the foreign trade meeting in Bremen on 13 April 2012, the foreign trade unit of the German Timber Trade Federation elected Günter H. Kugler (Forpromote) as the new board chairman. Kugler succeeds Andreas von Möller (Jacob Jürgensen), who had occupied the post since 2000 and did not stand for re-election. Kugler had previously been nominated as a candidate by the five-strong board. The election took place at the foreign trade meeting with a unanimous show of hands.