Generation Change at WITTMANN in Benelux

WITTMANN BATTENFELD Benelux N.V. based in Holsbeek, Belgium, will implement a generation change in its top management at the end of the year 2025. Michel van der Motten, Managing Director of the Austrian WITTMANN Group’s sales and service subsidiary for 31 years, will go into retirement. His successor will be Mark Verveer. 

“Michel van der Motten has firmly established the WITTMANN and WITTMANN BATTENFELD brands in the Benelux countries and is primarily responsible for the leading market positioning of our products in that area. For this, we owe him our most sincere gratitude”, says Michael Wittmann, Owner and Managing Director of the WITTMANN Group. “With his outstanding expert knowledge, Mr. van der Motten was always a very valuable discussion partner and advisor for our customers – far beyond the products and technologies supplied by the WITTMANN Group. We extend to him our very best wishes for the new stage in his life.”

To ensure a smooth transition for our customers in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg, Mark Verveer already joined the company on October 1 of this year. “We are glad to have recruited Mr. Verveer for this position of responsibility”, Michael Wittmann emphasizes. “With his experience gathered over several decades, we have secured optimal continuity for our customers in Benelux.” Mark Verveer studied mechanical engineering and has then been working in the injection molding industry and in plastics machinery manufacturing for more than 30 years. He is thoroughly familiar with both the markets in Benelux and the international network of the industry.

Along with the generation change, the sales team in Benelux has also been strengthened. Eric Claeyssens already started on 1 August 2025 as sales engineer. The graduate electrical engineer also contributes more than 20 years of experience to his new position – in technical customer support as well as in sales of plastics machinery.