Did not realize, sorry. Not sure what to think. I should have put it up a while ago, but did not feel up to it. I removed the link in case it is not supposed to be public. Interesting times. Klaus Allisat takes over management of Husqvarna Motorcycles S.R.L. 01.09.2010 Press Release Munich/Cassinetta di Biandronno: From September 1st 2010 Klaus Allisat (41) takes over management of Husqvarna Motorcycles S.R.L. from Rainer Thoma (42). Klaus Allisat has worked for the BMW Group since 2003. He has been Vice President Purchasing BMW Motorrad since 2008, in which function he has also been responsible for Husqvarna Motorcycles purchasing operations. Before joining the BMW Group Allisat worked in various internationally oriented positions in corporate consulting with A.T.Kearney GmbH, Stuttgart and prior to this for Daimler Benz AG, Stuttgart. After three years of managing Husqvarna Motorcycles, Rainer Thoma will now be taking up a new position at BMW Group headquarters in Munich. Since the acquisition of Husqvarna MC by the BMW Group in 2007, the company has been separated from MV Agusta, a new R&D centre has been put into operation at the Husqvarna site Cassinetta, production and spare parts supply has been restructured and the company has pushed ahead with numerous developments for the Husqvarna Motorcycles product offensive now starting. In spite of a difficult global market environment, Husqvarna MC was able to maintain a stable sales volume from 2008 to 2009 as compared to the competition. With a sales decrease of only around 3% in 2009, the brand recorded a lower decline than any of its competitors.
Situation at Husky with Italian middle management, Italian unions and their German masters is not good right now. CEO switch is a symptom. Rossellini may give us some insight into this relationship........ http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=64MEeMYPT78&feature=related
Call me crazy. But I myself have been skeptical about the whole bmw/Husky thing since day one. Not sure what to think about all of it.
