Somogyi takes over as Hochdorf COO
Geza Somogyi is the new chief operating officer and member of Swiss company Hochdorf’s management team. As COO, he took over the management of all production plants on 1 July. He replaces the previous COO Christoph Peternell, who left the company immediately at his own request.
Somogyi is a trained food engineer and Hungarian citizen. He has held various senior positions in dairy and baby milk powder production for the past 18 years.
From 2015 to 2020 he was responsible for the management and optimisation of the production of several plants at Danone/Milupa in Fulda, Germany. He was also responsible for registering the German plants and recipes as a prerequisite for entering the Chinese market. Before that, he ran a milk processing plant for Danone in Budapest (Hungary). From 2002 to 2013 he worked at Mars, Bokros (Hungary), a manufacturer of high-quality pet food, as a development engineer, head of a shift operation and responsible head of production.