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58    Kostal  Helmut Peters  Michael Klöwer automotiveIT 2012 tional incentive and offer them the oppor tunity to get to know new co workers other methods of operation and other cultures For example our IT manager from China was involved in a project in Mexico as were Irish coworkers in China and Brazil We have already mentioned the importance of seeing beyond one s own horizon What company goals should IT gear up for today Klöwer We have the clearly defined missi on of actively accelerating the expansion of our three regional business centers in the United States the Europe and Asia In addition we support activities in India and South America This specifically means that anyone working in IT at Kostal today must be able to think and act globally Is enough financing available to back up this expansion with investments in staff and technology Peters I very much appreciate the fact that we as an independent family company are not subject to the short term quarterly thinking of the stock exchange and can de termine the emphasis of our work on our own free of outside interests IT no doubt benefits from this as well It is important that we react to the higher volatility of the Individual company divisions certainly benefit from one another in their process and IT technologies Michael Klöwer Michael Kloewer studied business administration at Dortmund s Technical University with concen tration areas in logistics and Information manage ment He started work at Kostal in the purchasing department in 1994 and transferred to the IT di vision four years later He has been in charge of Central Organization and Data Management sin ce 2008 whch makes him the senior executive in charge of group IT