At their meeting in May, the members of the Association of German Mills elected Ralph Seibold, Managing Partner of SchapfenMühle in Ulm, as Spokesman of the Executive Board. He succeeds Michael Gutting, Bindewald und Gutting Mühlengruppe, who after ten years as Spokesman of the Board will continue to be involved in the Executive Committee as Deputy Spokesman. In addition to Michael Gutting and Ralph Seibold, Hans-Christoph Erling, and Christopher Rubin were elected to the Executive Committee last year.