Klasmann-Deilmann announces management changes

After fifteen years of successful collaboration, Managing Director Moritz Böcking and the Shareholders of Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH have mutually agreed to part ways. Effective 1 May 2026, Moritz Böcking will hand over his position as Managing Director to Jan Astrup, who previously served as Chief Operating Officer at the company in 2021/2022. Jan Astrup and Damian Ikemann will henceforth form the Board of Managing Directors of the Klasmann-Deilmann Group.

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Klasmann-Deilmann thanks Moritz Böcking for their collaboration and the progress achieved in the transformation of the Klasmann-Deilmann Group. Moritz Böcking expanded Klasmann-Deilmann beyond the growing media business into new areas of commercial horticulture and promoted innovation and digitalization within the company. In addition, his achievements include the expansion of resources derived from renewable raw materials, as well as the acquisition of a subsidiary in Australia and production facilities in France and Canada, which are operated in cooperation with external partners. He also significantly advanced Klasmann-Deilmann’s positioning as a global pioneer of sustainable development in the growing media industry, thereby making a decisive contribution to the company’s economic growth.

With Jan Astrup, Klasmann-Deilmann is gaining an internationally experienced manager who has proven himself within the company and possesses extensive expertise in raw materials, production, process optimization, and technology. With the new Managing Director, the growing importance of raw material- and technology-driven areas for the substrate industry is now firmly anchored at the top management level. Jan Astrup will strengthen the core business in commercial horticulture and help to further develop the company in a future-proof manner.