The Lapp Group is strengthening its commitment in South Africa. With the recently completed full acquisition of all shares in Lapp Southern Africa and a new management team headed by the well-known sales professional Chad Andrews, the world's leading provider of industrial connectivity solutions invests in South Africa. The Lapp Group, which was founded in 1957 has remained in continuous family ownership and is based on strong corporate culture principles: customer orientation, family orientation and innovation, amongst others.
Lapp Southern Africa: Alan Liebenberg, Head of Sales and Marketing (left) and Chad Andrews, Managing Director. (Image: Lapp).
With Chad Andrews, Managing Director, Alan Liebenberg, Head of Sales and Marketing and Head of Finance and HR, Venessa Botha, Lapp brings in a powerful management team which is keen to implement the values of the long-established family business in South Africa. The policy of company founders Ursula Ida and Oskar Lapp has always been to put the customer first, and to work very closely with them in order to make sure they always get the best possible solution.
"Customers can rest assured that they will always get the best solution from Lapp," says Chad Andrews who has 28 years of experience in the distribution of electrical products in South Africa, including many years in the cable industry. He has opted to take up this challenge for Lapp to build the local business of a global market leader. "I identify myself with the Lapp culture and its customer orientation. I have worked for the last 28 years in marketing and sales of electronic and electrical products, but always from a national resellers and manufactures perspective. I was very excited to be offered the opportunity to develop and build a similar business for a global manufacturer which has such a good reputation both in South Africa and internationally.”
Enquiries: Email alan.liebenberg@lappgroup.co.za
