{"id":9564,"date":"2026-04-15T14:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/?post_type=news_article&#038;p=9564"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:59:50","slug":"change-in-management-at-the-clauen-sugar-factory","status":"publish","type":"news_article","link":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/news\/change-in-management-at-the-clauen-sugar-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Change in management at the Clauen sugar factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nordzucker_news_new-head-of-factory-in-clauen.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"italic text-sm mt-1\">\n\t\t\t                                                                      From left to right: J\u00f6rg Vietmeier hands over the management of the Nordzucker site in Clauen to Rico Unger.\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"py-4 text-xl leading-8\">\n\tRico Unger is the new Head of Factory in Clauen. He succeeds J\u00f6rg Vietmeier, who is taking on a new Group wide role within the Operations function.<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A change in management took place at the Nordzucker factory in Clauen on 13 April 2026. J\u00f6rg Vietmeier will in future act as Manager of Knowledge Transfer &amp; Strategic Projects within the Operations function. His successor in Clauen is Rico Unger, who has been with the Nordzucker Group since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rico Unger was most recently Head of GoGreen, responsible for the group-wide programme to decarbonise production in the sugar factories; from 2019 to 2022, he accompanied the integration of three Mackay Sugar plants into the Group in Australia. As Head of Factory in Clauen, he now reports to Torsten Bigalke, Managing Director Germany: \u201cIn Rico Unger, we are gaining an experienced colleague with operational strength and broad experience. I would like to thank J\u00f6rg Vietmeier for his commitment in Clauen and am very pleased that we have found a highly qualified successor in Rico Unger.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u00f6rg Vietmeier has held various management positions at Nordzucker since 2003, including in production, engineering, and investment and project management. From 2016 to 2025, he was Head of Factory in Schladen, before moving to the sugar factory in Clauen. With J\u00f6rg Vietmeier\u2019s new role in Operations, Nordzucker is strengthening the systematic transfer of knowledge across the group as well as the implementation of strategic projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rico Unger is the new Head of Factory in Clauen. He succeeds J\u00f6rg Vietmeier, who is taking on a new group-wide role in the Operations division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_article\/9564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_article"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_article\/9564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9572,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_article\/9564\/revisions\/9572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}