In his previous role Lorig was COO of the automotive sealing supplier and managed Saar­Gummi's global restructuring programme, which has now been successfully completed, since its takeover by the state-owned Chinese company CQLT in June 2011.Chen Yong will take responsibility for the Asia-Pacific region as Regional President. Earlier this year SaarGummi hired ­Piotr Gaska as the new President responsible for the entire European region, thereby completing the three-member management team for the individual regions.

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