The Company

Utz Group

This is us

1200 employees at 8 locations on 3 continents – this is Utz. We have been creating and manufacturing suitable, sustainable reusable logistics packaging and technical parts made from plastic for over 70 years. Together with our customers, we develop customized, customer-specific packaging solutions for automated and digitized logistics processes worldwide. Decades of experience, in-depth industry knowledge and direct proximity to our customers make us a global player.

7 reasons to choose Utz

Quality

Recognized as the quality leader for reusable plastic packaging in the industry

Worldwide

Globally oriented company – preferred partner for international companies – uniform standards

Innovative leadership

Innovation leader for customized solutions – locally available expertise and engineering capacities

Industry competence

Long-term, trusting partnerships with customers thanks to comprehensive industry expertise

Supporting culture

Supporting corporate culture with a focus on technical skills – continuity in employees and management teams

Sustainability

Outstanding ecological footprint of the products throughout their life cycle – geared towards recycling management

Strong

A robust company thanks to high equity capital – long-term support of family shareholders

The Organization

In addition to our head-offices in Switzerland, local Utz companies and agencies around the world take care of the needs of our customers. Decentralized and agile structures allow us to react quickly to customer enquiries. The family-like bond of cooperation, based on shared values across all levels of the company, promotes a lively corporate culture that enables all employees to grow personally and professionally.

The Utz Group Management

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) oversees Group Management and is the superior of all the managing directors of the group’s companies. He is responsible for adherence to the Utz values, the development of the group strategy, the operational management of the group, the overall financial result as well as the implementation of the strategic direction and measures decided by the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) also ensures the long-term successful management and international development of the Utz Group.

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Axel Ritzberger
Group Chief Executive Officer

Bruno Bucher
Group Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Jan Giesbrecht
Group Chief Technical Officer

Philip Schaniel
Head of Corporate Product Management

Fabrice Bachelier
General Manager France

Wojciech Bytner
General Manager Poland

Mike Chiado
President of Americas

Carsten Diekmann
General Manager Switzerland

Russell Evans
General Manager Great Britain

Dr. Xiaogang Gao
General Manager China

Rüdiger Köhler
General Manager Germany

Armando Robles
General Manager Mexico

The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors comprises of representatives of the Utz family, shareholders and external members. This not only ensures the direct and full support of the Board of Directors and Group Management by the shareholders but also that the external members of the Board of Directors contribute their many years of experience and broad expertise from outside.

In particular, the Board of Directors is responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Utz Group, the definition of strategy, organization, finance and accounting, the appointment of the CEO, Group Management and managing directors, financial and investment policy and personnel policy.

The Board of Directors has delegated the management of the Group to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

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Dr. Reto Müller
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Michael Utz
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

Nicola Storrer-Colyer
Member of the Board of Directors

Marc Müller
Member of the Board of Directors

Dr. Michael Reinhard
Member of the Board of Directors

Dr. Jürgen Dold
Member of the Board of Directors

Shareholders and the Utz family

The Utz Group is supported by the Utz family as the main shareholder, together with Fabrel AG and a number of other affiliated shareholders, all of whom have a long-term commitment to, are closely affiliated with, and are interested in the sustainable success of the company.
The family-like form of cooperation, based on shared values across all levels of the company, promotes a lively corporate culture that enables all employees to grow personally and professionally.
The professional organization of the shareholder base with lean processes and clearly defined responsibilities ensures smooth and effective communication between shareholders, the Board of Directors and Group Management. This enables quick strategic and operational decisions.

Customers

We have been working in partnership with a high number of our customers for many years. In doing so, we support many international, industry leaders.

Utz Country subsidiaries

The local Utz country subsidiaries operate independently, but in accordance with uniform Utz process standards. This enables them to offer customer-specific solutions across the globe in the shortest possible time, while simultaneously ensuring the uniform quality of our products and services.

The Utz network of expertise

The common ground within the Utz Group is extensive technical expertise. Close networking enables us to keep our know-how up to date in all companies. International Utz expert teams consistently develop the internal product and process standards and ensure uniform Utz quality on site.