Lukas Burkhardt has been nominated chief operating officer of Franke Group and has been appointed to the management board. He is now responsible for the group-wide operations functions, including procurement, production, logistics and supply chain management, as well as the group-wide operational excellence program. The manager has been working in the company since last February as head global manufacturing and succeeds in this new position Hans-Juerg Ott who, after 36 years working for the international Group, will remain with Franke as a senior project leader for the areas of Innovation and Technology.