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Hannover, February 24, 2022 – On 30 April 2022, Holger Sindemann (53), Managing Director of MTU Maintenance Hannover GmbH, will leave MTU after 16 years of service. For 10 years, he had managed the Hannover site and the operational maintenance business (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul; MRO) of MTU. The cross-location function of the Head of MRO Operations has now been eliminated as part of a reorganisation. Sindemann has taken this opportunity to resign from his position as managing director and leave MTU because of the lack of opportunities for further development. His successor will be Jaap Beijer (44), who is currently the managing director of MTU Maintenance Zhuhai. Subject to approval by the supervisory board, he will take over the new role on 1 May 2022.

“We deeply regret Holger Sindemann’s departure and thank him for his valuable contribution to the further development of MTU Maintenance and the achievement of the Group’s long-term growth targets. We wish him all the best and continued success for both his professional and personal future”, said Michael Schreyögg, Chief Program Officer of MTU Aero Engines. “We are delighted that Jaap Beijer is taking on the task in Hannover. He has considerable experience in the MRO business from his previous MTU career and will support us in further expanding the services of our MRO network for our customers”.

With around 2,400 employees, MTU Maintenance Hannover in Langenhagen is the largest MRO site of MTU and is responsible for the maintenance of mid-sized and large commercial engines. These include the CF6-80C2 and GE90 Growth engines of GE, the PW1100G-JM and PW2000 of Pratt & Whitney, the V2500 of International Aero Engines, and the CFM56-7 of CFMI. The location is also the competence centre for high-tech repairs and is continually developing new processes. With the establishment of this first maintenance facility in 1979, MTU entered the commercial engine maintenance business on a large scale.

Under the leadership of Holger Sindemann, MTU has invested around €200 million in the Hannover site over the past five years. In addition to comprehensive digitalization topics, a new production hall and a modern administration building are in the works. Both will be opened this year. This development will continue under Beijer. Over the past four years, he has intensively promoted the expansion of the MTU site in Zhuhai, China. There, around 1,100 employees specialize in the maintenance, overhaul, and repair of various engines. A second site in the region is currently under construction.