KHD is a customer-focused engineering, equipment supplier, and service company, providing a full-line of competitive and environmentally friendly technologies to the cement industry. KHD, founded back in 1856, is a global leader in cement plant technology, equipment, and services and hence, the right partner for all your demands.
The KHD Group would like to be known as a provider of extraordinary quality products, services focusing with solutions on the demand of the customers.
KHD is committed to continuously improving our technology and offering to customers. KHD understands the changing needs of our customers, and has a long history of innovation. KHD was the first to introduce many industry leading products and processes, like our COMFLEX grinding system, PYRORAPID Kiln and PYROCLON Low NOx Calciner.
In order to provide the highest level of support for our customers, KHD has strategically placed sales offices in emerging markets around the world. With 750 employees worldwide, and CSCs and sales offices in growing markets, KHD customers are ensured the same high quality of service and products, regardless of location.
KHD is fully committed to understanding all of our customers and to being close to our customers through our local customer service centres. As a supplier of engineering, equipment, and plant services, KHD is a critical part of the supply chain to build new capacity and to upgrade and service existing capacity.
KHD’s goal is to provide highly effective and competitive technology to our customers. This means understanding our markets, investing in research and development, providing cost effective solutions based on the concept of lifetime cost of ownership, and delivering world class performance.
Looking after the environment will be one of recurring themes throughout the next decades. KHD is committed to developing environmentally friendly products, saving natural resources, increasing the energy efficiency of our products, and reducing potentially harmful emissions.
KHD is committed to being one global team and delivering the best possible solutions to our customers, wherever they may be. One company, one team.
KHD’s goal is to create a world leading plant service business to support our engineering and equipment supply business. KHD recognises the cyclical nature of the industry in which we operate and has set a long term strategic goal of generating a major portion of revenues from plant services in the future.
KHD’s greatest asset is its employees. KHD is truly a people business that strives to support, develop and treat its employees with respect. Our goal is to empower and motivate our employees to deliver global excellence.
KHD’s executive team has the ability and experience to deliver outstanding corporate performance.
Jianlong Shen, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Shen has almost 30 years of experience in design, marketing, project execution as well as management in the cement industry. He has worked as process design engineer, marketing manager, project manager, head of marketing, Vice President and President of Sinoma Engineering and Equipment Corporation Ltd. Since he joined AVIC Beijing in 2018 he has taken a leading position in AVIC’s Cement Business and also worked as KHD Beijing’s General Manager. Mr. Shen holds a bachelor degree in cement process from the Wuhan University of Technology.
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Luckas, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Luckas has worked for KHD as Vice President of the Program Management Office (PMO), Vice President Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), and as Vice President Global Internal Audit (GIA). He has a strong understanding of KHD’s processes, the project business and, of course, KHD’s business model. Before joining KHD in 2006, he worked as Senior Manager for one of the big four accounting firms. He holds a degree in economics from the Saarland University of Saarbrücken, Germany.
Matthias Jochem, Chief Operating Officer
Matthias Jochem has more than 30 years experience in plant engineering for large thermal power plants and cement production plants. He has served for various OEM’s as process engineer, head of engineering, head of project execution and SVP sales & proposals as well as in management board functions with responsibilities for sales, R&D and commercial. His international experience is with projects in the European Union, Eastern Europe, India and Iran. He was already employed by KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH from 2003 to 2008 as Director Sales and Management Board member. Matthias Jochem holds a PhD degree in mechanical engineering / heat transfer from the Technical University of Aachen, Germany.
Matthias Mersmann, Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Mersmann holds a Dipl.-Ing.-degree of the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany and has more than 25 years experience in the cement industry. Throughout these years he has always been intensively working on technical innovation and optimization of machines and processes for the production of cement. Starting his business career as a pyro-process engineer with KHD in 1994, he then took on several management positions within KHD which gave him profound insight into all aspects of equipment engineering. 2008 he left KHD to found aixergee GmbH, an independent consultancy serving the international cement industry, which he directed till 2020. From 2010 till 2018 he was called into the executive committee of Loesche GmbH as its technical Director. Returning back to KHD in 2020, Mr. Mersmann is responsible for R&D, innovation and technology of products and services.
Tao Xing, Executive Vice President
Mr. Xing has more than 30 years working experience in the cement industry. Prior to joining KHD as member of the Management Board he worked for AVIC International and held several managerial positions at Sinoma International Engineering and Nanjing Cement Industry Design and Research Institute. Tao Xing is a recognized expert in all fields of cement technology and also has profound expertise in project execution. Mr. Xing received his Master of Mechanical Engineering from Southeast University in Nanjing.
André Sybon, Head of Center of Excellence, Cologne
Mr. Sybon has worked for the KHD Group since 2005. He led various departments that focused on different product and business areas, which gives him an extensive knowledge of the complete KHD product portfolio. From 2017 to 2019 he was Head of Parts and Products. With the reorganization in 2019 he was appointed to General Manager of Humboldt Wedag GmbH and is now responsible for KHD’s Center of Excellence. The CoE comprises all functions that form the backbone of KHD’s technology and provides Product Management, Business Development, Engineering, Procurement of proprietary equipment, Process Engineering and R&D throughout KHD Group.
André holds a degree in process engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) from the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne.
Martin Gierse, Head of CSC EMEA
Mr. Gierse started his
professional career as a R&D engineer in the new technology sector of the
boiler industry in 1983. After assignments in process, commissioning and
execution, he first came to KHD in 1992, where he was responsible for the
Chinese market as a technical sales manager for four years. In 1996 he joined Pillard to occupy the position as head of
sales, followed by various operational management functions at Lafarge in the
European region between 1998 and 2008. Also in 2008, Martin then returned to KHD to lead the Customer
Service Center in India for six years. He then came back to Germany after he
was appointed as the global head of parts and services. He occupied this
position at the Humboldt Wedag GmbH until 2018. After a brief one year assignment as general manager in the coal
and minerals beneficiation industry, he returned to KHD in 2019 to lead the
Humboldt Wedag GmbH as general manager of the Customer Service Center EMEA.
Martin holds
a degree in Chemical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen and a degree as tek. Lic.
from the Technical University in Gothenburg.
Ashok Dembla, Head of CSC India
Ashok Dembla has over 34 years of experience in the cement industry. He has held senior management positions at Cimmco Birla Limited, Gebr Pfeiffer India, Jaypee Cement and the Beumer Group in India. At Jaypee Cement he was responsible for its growth from 7 million tons to 32 million tons of capacity as Head of Projects. Mr. Dembla was instrumental in building KHD’s Indian organization from 5 employees in 2001 to its current size over 280 employees and a market-leading position. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Punjab University, Chandigarh as well as a Diploma from the All India Management Association.
Dwayne Holland, Head of CSC Americas
Dwayne Holland has nearly 30 years of professional experience in industrial plant engineering and CAPEX project execution, with more than 16 years directly in the cement industry and 12 years at KHD. While with KHD he has also held the positions of Senior Project Manager and Sales Director at CSC Americas. Dwayne has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”) and received a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University.
Wolfgang Pajonke, Head of CSC Russia/CIS
Wolfgang holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and has over 30 years of experience in the cement industry, with a strong focus on the markets of the former Soviet Union. He is also a longstanding member of the management board of ZAB GmbH in Dessau.
Jianlong Shen, Head of CSC China
Mr. Shen has almost 30 years of experience in design, marketing, project execution as well as management in the cement industry. He has worked as process design engineer, marketing manager, project manager, head of marketing, Vice President and President of Sinoma Engineering and Equipment Corporation Ltd. Since he joined AVIC Beijing in 2018 he has taken a leading position in AVIC’s Cement Business and also worked as KHD Beijing’s General Manager. Mr. Shen holds a bachelor degree in cement process from the Wuhan University of Technology.
Mr. Jiayan Gong is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AVIC International Beijing Company Limited. He has a degree as Master of Law from Beijing University. Mr. Gong has more than 30 years of international experience in corporate management and investments outside of China. He has worked in various management functions within the AVIC Group since 1992. As Chairman of KHD’s Supervisory Board, he, in particular, contributes his rich experience regarding supervising and consulting top management.
Mr. Gerhard Beinhauer is an entrepreneur who runs his own investment company. His experience in stake-holdings of technology-driven companies spans more than 20 years. Providing strategic counsel to family offices, boards and entrepreneurs, he developed his expertise in designing and implementing business strategies and managing turnaround and interim processes. He serves on the supervisory/advisory boards of several companies in Germany, Switzerland, and Canada. Gerhard Beinhauer holds an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mr. Xiaodong Wu works as the Chief Financial Officer of AVIC International Beijing Company Limited. Mr. Wu has long standing experience in various aspects of accounting and financial work, having worked for the AVIC Group for more than 20 years. He is Bachelor of Accounting in Shanxi University of Finance and Economics and Master of Accounting in Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences.
Mr. Jingnan Yang works as Vice President of AVIC International Beijing Company Limited. He is a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Aviation University of China and Master of Engineering in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In addition, he is Doctor of Management Science in the same university. Mr. Yang has special expertise in engineering and almost 20 years of working experience in corporate management and has worked in various management functions within the AVIC Group since 2005.