CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT AT ASCENDUM:
DI STEFAN KREJCA BECOMES NEW CEO

09.12.2024

SALZBURG. Ascendum Central Europe GmbH, the leading construction equipment dealer and general distributor of Volvo Construction Equipment in Central Europe, announces a change at the top of the company. DI Stefan Krejca took over the position of CEO in November 2024 and will be responsible for the markets of Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Moldova.

Stefan Krejca returns to the construction machinery sector after almost ten years in the industrial truck industry. In addition to his experience in business development, Stefan Krejca will also bring his expertise in digitalization and automation to the company. He succeeds Dr. Thomas Schmitz, who is taking his well-deserved retirement after an impressive 21 years in the Ascendum management.

With this clear customer focus, DI Stefan Krejca wants to further strengthen Ascendum’s market position in all nine countries and thus achieve long-term, sustainable growth for the company.

About Ascendum

Ascendum Baumaschinen Österreich GmbH belongs to Ascendum Central Europe GmbH and is therefore part of the Ascendum Group, a leading global provider of construction machinery solutions. The Ascendum Group operates in 14 nations and employs around 1,700 people, including around 400 in the Central Europe Group. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of machines and services for the construction and infrastructure industries. Ascendum services around 35,000 machines worldwide.

In Austria, Ascendum distributes the brands Volvo CE, Sennebogen and Ammann. In addition, Ascendum scores with a rental fleet of 400 top-maintained construction machines as well as a service network with 6 locations and over 60 mobile service technicians.