Horst Lehmbach (63) Managing Director of ADVANSA GmbH Germany a 100% Sabanci Holding company, Istanbul, Turkey, will retire end of this year after 35 years of dedicated service in several leading fibres business functions with DuPont and its European Polyester fibres successor companies DuPontSA and ADVANSA.
His successor as MD of ADVANSA GmbH will be Dave McMillan located in Hamm Germany at the production site of ADVANSA and  Daniele Carboneri for the business segment “nonwovens and textile staple fibres”, located in Italy.

About ADVANSA
Operating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, ADVANSA – owned 100% by the Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A.S. - is the largest manufacturer of polyester fibre and filament as well as a leading producer of polyester-based polymers, specialties and intermediates in the region. ADVANSA has annual revenues of € 370 million. The company employs 2 000 employees and operates plants in Turkey and Germany. The headquarters are located in the Netherlands, with sales offices in Turkey, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.
www.ADVANSA.com

Sabanci Holding is one of Turkey's largest industrial groups.  Employing over 35 000 people in 66 companies, it has interests in chemicals and fibres, as well as banking and insurance, food, retail, textiles, energy, cement, automotive, tyres and tyre reinforcement materials, telecommunications, paper and packaging materials. The companies operate in a dozen foreign countries and export products world-wide. Sabanci Holding, which has controlling interests in 12 companies, is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange and has an aggressive strategy of growth through acquisitions and expansion of existing businesses.