Klaus Scholpp, managing director of the German crane hire company and lifting contractor Scholpp Kran & Transport, is stepping back from day to day management of the business.

Thomas Fluegel, who has been with the company since 1986, has been named joint managing director together with Holger Poignee.

Klaus Scholpp said that he would remain a member of the Scholpp administration board and would now look after public relations and international marketing for the Stuttgart-based company.