Ansgar Diekmann

Vice PresidentVice President - International Accounts
Advanced Logistics Solutions Corporation (ALSCO) GmbH

Ansgar is Vice President at ALSCO, responsible for the international business with centers in Europe and Southeast Asia. He is driving the group’s internationalization and the shift from a package product provider to an integrated intelligent packaging solution that focuses on automotive and industrial packaging, pharma and fresh goods coldchain, and pallets and containers for chemical and plastics industry.

ALSCO was founded in Suzhou in 1998 and is the leading provider of returnable packaging and pooling services in China. In the past years, ALSCO placed one focus on the development of packaging solutions for the supply chain and delivery of Li-batteries and is supplier for the leading battery manufacturers in China and Korea.

Prior to joining ALSCO, he established a joint venture for telematics tracking solutions of seafreight containers and managed several technology transfer initiatives between European and Asian corporations in the fields of renewable energies, power electronics and electronic consumer goods.

Ansgar received a M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen University of Technology in Aachen/Germany. Following his graduation, he joined a multi-national trading corporation with roots in Japan and a focus on the Asian market. There he developed new business fields, leading business units in Korea and China. With this experience, he established the Asian operations of a German high-tech equipment manufacturer that included sourcing and supply chain as well as a network of regional service operations.

He received an MBA from the prestigious Sejong-Syracuse program at Sejong University in Seoul/Korea.

Ansgar Diekmann will be appearing in the following sessions: