At home in Bavaria – at home in the world

Wolfratshausen – Dirk Winter’s career at WEBER Schraubautomaten GmbH in Wolfratshausen began exactly 25 years ago. Nowadays, the Head of Distribution looks back on a quarter of a century with the company and extraordinary success. After completing his engineering studies in Munich and Sao Paolo (Brazil), Winter started work as a distribution engineer Export in the family company at the gateway to Munich in 1992. Beside his excellent specialist qualifications, his internationalism and cosmopolitan attitude led to his rapid rise through the ranks in the company. As early as 1995, Winter was made Head of Distribution and was in charge of the entire export business of the specialist world market leader in automated screwdriving processes. Since 2011, the native-born resident of Munich has distribution in Germany and abroad. Winter’s proven specialist knowledge as a machine engineer and his competency in six languages paved the way for the expansion of WEBER’s business activities to every continent. “In my eyes, successful international business requires you to engage with your partner’s culture, communicate openly and genuinely with them and make agreements within the spirit of mutual respect. This global way of thinking has not only helped me to achieve my professional objectives over the last 25 years – I still enjoy it immensely”, says Winter.