| Founded in 1919. |
| Headquarters in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany. |
| 12 Production Sites in 6 Countries on 3 Continents. |
| Active in 6 Business Sectors and Market Leader in a Number of Them. |
| Worldwide Supplier to renowned customers in the automotive and commercial vehicle industry, the defence industry, and the fields of clean room technology, semiconductor manufacturing, medical technology, and mechanical engineering. |
Holds degrees in business mathematics and mechatronics, as well as a degree from the Bavarian Elite Academy. He initially worked in the financial sector in Frankfurt and London for six years, earning the Chartered Financial Analyst designation during that period.
Martin Büchs started working for JOPP in 2006 and was appointed Managing Director in 2008. In this role, he is responsible for the business units of Machining & Powder Metal Technology, Electronics Manufacturing, and Automation Solutions. In addition, he is responsible for the company’s transformation towards the semiconductor industry, defence, and space technology. He is actively involved in supporting young companies and drives cooperation with start-ups.
Studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. During his professional career, he gained extensive experience at renowned companies such as Webasto, Northern Automotive Systems Ltd. and FTE Automotive GmbH.
Since 2018, he is Managing Director of the JOPP Group, responsible for the Business Units of Mechatronics & Driver Interface Systems and Lubrication & Cooling Systems.
JOPP wants to remain a family-run company in the long run and continue to make decisions irrespective of financial investors and financiers.
To this end, both products and production procedures need to be continuously advanced. It is the company's aim to offer solutions to customers which are valuable, reliable and innovative. Profitability is therefore JOPP's ultimate objective in its corporate actions. JOPP is convinced that this aim can only be achieved with competent and efficient employees who take on responsibility and work together beyond hierarchical and departamental boundaries, both within the company and with customers, suppliers and other partners.
JOPP regards a culture of recognition and appreciation as important, especially in view of the pressure on costs, deadlines and quality from main customers in the automotive industry.
JOPP considers itself to have an advantage over competitors with regard to flexibility and time to market and wishes to maintain these factors with minimum bureaucracy and flat hierarchies. Nevertheless, customers can rely on standardized core processes which match a modern quality management. Through responsible and sustainable economic management, JOPP wants to permanently strengthen its reliability. This also includes consideration of the concerns of employees, their families as well as of natural resources.
JOPP has a structurised system of objectives and key metrics, for which employees are involved during defintion and achievement. In order to achieve a culture of appreciative leadership, JOPP has leadership principles which had been developed commonly.
