New management structure

From July 2009 the Swedish Husqvarna group of companies, which Gardena belongs to, will start to introduce a new organisational and managerial structure that is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Five operational units are to replace the six existing divisions. Martin Bertinchamp, the head of Gardena, will take on management of the new products and marketing unit, and Hans Linnarson will in future head the unit responsible for sales and service in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region. Roger Leon will have responsibility for this function in North and South America. Magnus Yngen, president and ceo, will manage the supply chain unit. Anders Ströby is to remain in charge of construction products. Bo Andreasson will in future be responsible for the organisation of worldwide product development within the group, in which function he will no longer belong to the Husqvarna management team.