Erik Düwel

Erik Düwel (born 1979) is Director Product Management Automation at KION, Frankfurt. In his role, he and his team deal with the complex requirements of automated processes and manage a global product portfolio of automation solutions from the KION Group brands in the Industrial Trucks & Services segment.

His responsibilities include identifying new trends and market needs, initiating new development projects and providing the required products and services at the right time and at market-driven costs. At present, he is working on the next generation of automation in the field of intralogistics. He is also involved in change management at KION in the exciting field of product vs. project sales.

His career at KION began almost ten years ago in product management at STILL, even then with a focus on automation. Before that, the industrial engineer had already brought innovative solutions to market at the interface between customer requirements and range of products, both in sales and in product management.