Ann-Xiaoyan Li appointed new Group CFO and Managing Director of the Romaco Group

3 December 2024 -- Karlsruhe, Germany -- Romaco Holding GmbH has just appointed Ann-Xiaoyan Li as new Group CFO and Managing Director of the Romaco Group. She succeeds Markus Kimpel, who has stepped out of the company at his own request. Romaco is an international manufacturer of processing and packaging technologies for the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries.

Ann-Xiaoyan Li has just been appointed by Romaco Holding GmbH as new Group CFO (Chief Financial Officer) and Managing Director of the Romaco Group. She will be responsible in this role for Finance & Controlling, HR Services and IT Management at Romaco Holding GmbH as well as Finance & Controlling at the Romaco Group’s six production sites and ten international Sales & Service Centers (SSC). She succeeds Markus Kimpel, who has left the company at his own request after five years, during which he made a decisive contribution to Romaco’s ongoing development.

“I’m delighted we’ve been able to get Ann-Xiaoyan Li on board the management of the Romaco Group and as Group CFO”, explained Jens Torkel, Managing Director Romaco Group. “She impressed me with her clear and pragmatic style of leadership, which is just what we need to gain optimal benefit from the synergistic effects within the group and boost our internal efficiency. Her presence on the management team will allow us to continue standardizing processes throughout our decentralized corporate structure as we drive the expansion of our worldwide service network.”

Ann-Xiaoyan Li can draw on extensive management experience as CFO at various mid-market companies in the automotive and commercial vehicle sectors. Among other things, she can look back on over five years in charge of financial affairs at a traditional German manufacturer of automotive lighting systems. She initially completed a Bachelor’s degree in International Finance at Northwest University in Xi’an (China) before going on to study for a Bachelor and Master of Business Administration at Bielefeld University (Germany).

“I’m looking forward with great excitement and fire in my belly to my new tasks at this old-established and yet highly dynamic, globally operating group of companies”, emphasized Ann-Xiaoyan Li, CFO & Managing Director Romaco Group. “I see myself as a reliable partner to the Business Units, Sales & Service Centers and specialist departments that report to me, all of which are united by a common goal: to generate growth and tap into new markets with a proactive approach and strategic solutions.”

Romaco Group
Romaco is a leading international supplier of processing and packaging equipment specializing in engineering technologies for pharmaceutical products. The Group provides individual machines, lines and turnkey solutions for manufacturing, filling and packing powders, granulates, pellets, tablets, capsules, syringes, liquids and medical devices. The company also serves the food and chemical industries. Through its various technologies, Romaco is committed to sustainable production and to systematically reducing CO2 emissions. The Romaco Group has its headquarters in Karlsruhe (Germany) and is part of Truking Technology, a globally operating high-tech enterprise based in Changsha (China). Truking’s core competency is handling and filling pharmaceutical liquids. Romaco operates from six production sites worldwide, with a broad portfolio comprised of seven established product brands. Noack and Siebler (Karlsruhe, Germany) supply blister, heat-sealing and rigid tube filling machines. Macofar (Bologna, Italy) markets technologies for filling sterile and non-sterile powders and liquids. Promatic (also Bologna, Italy) specializes in cartoners, track & trace systems and case packers. Kilian (Cologne, Germany) is a leading manufacturer of tablet presses. Innojet (Steinen, Germany) is in the business of granulating and coating fine solid particles. Tecpharm (Barcelona, Spain) offers tablet coating technologies. More than 930 highly skilled and committed Romaco employees are dedicated to the development of future product technologies and to the continuous implementation of internal improvement processes. The Romaco Group’s multi-brand system solutions are sold worldwide through ten Sales & Service Centres and a dense network of local agent organizations. Over 12,000 installations delivered by Romaco are currently in use in more than 180 different countries. For more information on Romaco, visit our website: www.romaco.com.