Christof Peer appointed as the new Sales Director Airport Technology in the Goldhofer Group

Christof Peer (41) took up the position of Sales Director Airport Technology at Goldhofer on July 1. In addition to supporting existing customers, one of the primary responsibilities of the experienced special vehicles professional is to cater for today’s growing demand for eco-friendly ground handling vehicles. In view of the increasing number of emission-free airports worldwide and the need for stable and intelligent connectivity, he will also focus on positioning Goldhofer as a complete provider of e-mobility and digitization solutions.

Before joining Goldhofer, the trained electrical engineer, who was born in Austria, was managing director of MND Austria GmbH (Innsbruck/A). Prior to that, he spent six years with the Swiss Aebi Schmidt Group, serving as managing director of the Austrian subsidiary Aebi Schmidt Austria GmbH (Inzing/A) and he also acted for a time as Sales&Service Director for Central and Southern Europe. His other career steps include positions with Prinoth AG (Vipiteno/I) and General Electric. “With his high level of professional and social competence, Christof Peer will be able to expand our strong market position on a continuous basis. As a practitioner with vision, he will help us to position Goldhofer as an accomplished solution provider for the airports of the future,” says Lothar Holder, CEO at Goldhofer AG and Head of Airport Technology. Christof Peer: “Together with my team I am very much looking forward to serving our customers in the development, implementation and operation of sustainable airport infrastructures. To this end, Goldhofer not only offers comprehensive organizational and operating strategies but also a wide range of customized solutions at attractive conditions. Since we capture and evaluate specific and reliable operational and usage data, we are able to configure exactly the vehicles and fleets that our customers really need.”