The transformation of IGS GeboJagema under CEO Peter Mertens

On 1 September, our CEO Peter Mertens will be transitioning from his current role to a position on the IGS GeboJagema strategic advisory board. This move marks the end of a chapter in the IGS story, as well as the beginning of a new one. Peter joined our company in 1984 as a hard metal grinding specialist and became CEO in 2001, leading us over the last 22 years towards where we stand today. The transformation our organisation went through in that time is massive. This is the story of how Peter Mertens and the rest of the IGS GeboJagema team turned a modest tool shop into a global, market-leading healthcare mould maker, touching the lives of billions of people every day. Peter: “It’s been a bumpy ride, but I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

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