Management
For more than 25 years the Lacon Group represents the fulfilment of the capital goods industry´s special requirements. Almost 400 employees develop, optimize, produce and repair electronic and electromechanic assemblies. And this in smallest, small and medium quantities.
As medium-sized business with a certain dimension we are dependent on a well attuned team. We provide the right mixture of experience and know-how, professionalism and entrepreneurial passion.
Ralf Hasler, CEO
“The Lacon Group will develop to a first class service provider in the capital goods industry in German-speaking areas. With a considerable service portfolio and our deep practical knowledge we solve a lot of “annoying” problems of our customers. The development from an ordinary producer to a professional industry service provider was disrupted by the financial crisis of the year 2009. However, we are sure that we will achieve our aims and be a reliable partner on a long-term basis.”
Ralf Hasler, born in 1965. Dipl. Ing. (Univ.) Dr. Phil.
For the duration of eight years he advised the European capital goods industry at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. After that period of time he was responsible for the Corporate Development at Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co KG for the lenghts of three years. Together with the Bayrische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) he took over the Lacon Group, of which he has the majority of the shares, in the context of a management buy-in in the year 2005.
Andree Metzger, CFO
“The extensive service sector with its high demands for flexibility in respect of reaction time and volume involves high a complexity of the business. It is not always easy balancing high customer orientation, commercial risk management and internal control parameter. On the commercial side creatively and intelligently coordinated solutions are necessary as well in order to close a deal, which is profitable for both parties.”
Andree Metzger, born in 1964. Dr. Oec. Publ.
After several years of advicing and working in banking he started his career in the industrial sector at Siemens Mobility in 1994. After being responsible for restructuring measures at the group Schaltbau AG from 1998 to 2002, he was the manager (CFO and COO) at Uniplan in Cologne for the duration of six years. After two further years as manager (CEO) of the amusement park Legoland Germany he took over the management of the Lacon Group in the middle of the year 2009.
Slaheddine Laroui, COO
“Combining an up-to-date production system with a fabrication, which is similar to manufacturing, is a challenge we meet daily. A variety of items and articles as well as minimal quantities require processes, which are both flexible and stable. By defining standards we create a targeted organizational construction, which manifests itself in our factories through uniformed flows of materials, visualizations and processes.
Quality, productivity, speed, flexibility as well as the reduction of any waste form the fields of our production system in order to guarantee product and delivery quality at a world-class-production level.”
Slaheddine Laroui, born in 1970. Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.)
After his studies of electrical engineering in Hanover Slaheddine Laroui started his career being the responsible industrial engineer for the cable harness production for Daimler Chrysler in Tunisia. After this period of time he was the factory manager at Saia Burgess and then he became the general manager at Phoenix Mecano. Because of research purposes he stayed shortly at the University of Jena and in 2007 he joined the Lacon Group, for that moment as chief QM. He started the implementation of a TQM system. In the year 2008 he took over the technical management of the whole Lacon Group. Slaheddine Laroui is a member of the managing board.