Dietmar Vinke is the new managing director of Glutz Deutschland GmbH. Since February 2023, Dietmar Vinke has had overall management responsibility for the German market. He brings with him profound experience from the hardware and construction industry. In the past, the 48-year-old native of Bielefeld has already held management positions, including at Deutsche Telekom AG and Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH & Co. KG. Glutz is convinced that with the new management he will be able to further expand business activities in the German market. “We are pleased that Dietmar Vinke will support our customers and partners in the future with the aim of achieving the highest possible satisfaction and appreciation, thereby creating sustainable value and success for all parties involved,” explains Sascha Lauber, CSO of Glutz AG. Dietmar Vinke succeeds Robert Soda-Cotic, who left the company at his own request and for personal reasons after three successful years at Glutz Deutschland GmbH.
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The power outage in Berlin since 3 January 2026 is extraordinary in its scale, but remarkably familiar in its causes and political consequences. Five damaged high-voltage cables, tens of thousands of households without electricity and heating, restrictions on mobile...

