Dear business partner In this issue Welcome at Siegfried

Corporate News 1/09
Welcome at Siegfried
Michael Hüsler
New Siegfried-CFO
The 37-year-old Swiss citizen holds a
master’s degree in business administration from the University of Basel. After
completing his studies in 1997, Hüsler
worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in
the audit department. From late 2000
until June 2005, he was employed by
Straumann Holding AG as Corporate
Controller, and subsequently as Head
of Corporate Controlling. In addition,
he successfully completed training as
a Certified IFRS Accountant in 2004.
Hüsler joined Bachem Holding AG
in 2005 as CFO and member of the
Dear business partner
Stephan Bregy
BD Manager
Corporate Executive. Siegfried CEO
Rudolf Hanko remarked: “We are
very pleased to have found in Michael
Hüsler a highly qualified professional
with a wide range of experience in our
industry, the last four years of which
also in the field of life sciences. He
is therefore the ideal addition to the
Siegfried team, and he will help us
achieve our ambitious goals.”
Stephan Bregy was appointed Business
Development Manager starting Apr
1st, 2009. His joining the Multiclient
Marketing & Sales Team reflects Siegfried‘s commitment to it‘s multiclient
product startegy and helps to address
its subsequent rising markets needs.
Michael Hüsler assumed his new position on July 1, 2009.
The synthesis of active pharmaceutical
ingredients is – and will remain – the
core business activity of the Siegfried
Group. It is the market where we strive
to be successful and grow.
tion to high potency APIs, we have also
begun a micro-reactor pilot program
and are already working on promising
projects together with the R&D teams
of client pharmaceutical companies.
This statement was the key message at
our Annual Shareholder’s Meeting, held
in April 2009, and of our new CEO, Dr.
Rudolf Hanko.
As a stable company with tradition and
a pioneer in custom manufacturing,
Siegfried is prepared for the future.
Our wide range of technological capabilities and excellent customer support
offers our many clients an outstanding
base for a successful and long-term
collaboration.
Our focus on active pharmaceutical
ingredients is also why we disinvested
parts of the Siegfried Group during
recent years that were not focused on
our core business. Today, Siegfried is
investing CHF 17 million in a new R&D
lab in Zofingen; our technology is also
being continually expanded. In addi-
Dr. Hubert Stückler
President Siegfried Actives Division
I look forward to working together
with you and thank you for your trust
in Siegfried.
In this issue
Impressum
Behind the Scenes Issue 1/09 © 2009,
Siegfried Ltd
Siegfried Ltd, Zofingen
Untere Brühlstrasse 4
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CH-4800 Zofingen / Switzerland
Dedicated to Quality
Welcome at Siegfried
Corporate Know-how 1/09
Comments are welcome.
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Beate Klinke
Michael Hüsler
Application of microreactor technology for
Head of Quality Assurance
New Siegfried-CFO
the synthesis of complex molecules has become
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Stephan Bregy
A case study, that demonstrates the advantage
Editor: Hubert Stückler
Business Development Manager
of this new tool is presented in this article.
Dedicated to Quality
Beate Klinke grew up in
Aachen, known as the
“city of kings” in Germany and the site of
Charlemagne’s tomb.
However, for the first step in her career
and begin of her pharmaceutical studies, she chose Bonn, a city on the Rhine
River. Her internship in a pharmacy
located in Tuttlingen, in the Swabian
Alps was memorable, and could be
considered a prophetic introduction to
a future in Switzerland. She returned
to Bonn to complete her Ph.D. in pharmaceutical technology. After working
at a couple of jobs, she returned to
Aachen to work for Grünenthal as the
designated “qualified person.”
But Switzerland was never far away.
When a headhunter told her of an
opening at Siegfried in Zofingen she
seized the opportunity. She began a
year and half ago as the Quality Global
Computerized System and Document
Manager, or QGC Manager Pragmatic
as always, Beate gave herself “a year
to acclimatize and in the 2nd year one
gets established.” She found a place
to live, not in the area surrounding
Zofingen or in an urban center, but
right in the middle of the town. It
takes her only 10 minutes to get to the
office every morning – by foot.
When asked about her first impressions at Siegfried, Beate talks initially
about her predecessor, a noted expert
in the area of quality assurance and an
impressive personality, from whom she
learned a lot. Further, she noticed how
orderly and clean everything seemed in
Switzerland. The number of different nationalities that worked together
at Siegfried in Zofingen was another
interesting aspect – both fascinating
and challenging – for Beate. There are
25 different nations on site, with four
different countries alone among her
7-person team.
However, she didn’t have much time
to get familiar with her new surroundings, as her predecessor soon retired
and after only few months Beate was
also promoted to Head of Quality Assurance for the Zofingen site: a speedy
boost to her career. Today, both of her
departments are located all over the
facility and she commutes constantly
between the two offices that are available to her. She is a central figure in
the current reorganization of our company and remains in constant demand
at an endless number of meetings for
her expert knowledge in quality issues.
Away from the office, Beate prefers to
spend time with friends. She particularly enjoys outings in the magnificent
Alps; the Rigi, located in the middle of
Switzerland with its stunning panoramas, is one of her favorite destina-
tions. It’s also the perfect metaphor
for this ambitious professional and the
promising perspectives she enjoys in
our company.
Beate Klinke,
Head of Quality Assurance
at Siegfried Zofingen