Newly appointed CEO of Grintek Communication Systems (GCS), Dr Vincent Scholtz, says he is looking forward to leading GCS as it faces the challenges of the future.
Scholtz took up his post at the beginning of April, succeeding Franco Benedetti as CEO. He is the first CEO to be appointed from outside the Grintek Group and joined GCS from the Siemens business unit.
Scholtz says he likes the fact that Grintek, a local company, is competing on the world market, with 70% of its business being taken up by exports and the remaining 30% accounted for by the local market.
"While our exports continue to grow annually, we will still focus on the local market. Our ability to export further is based on the fact that we are supplying the local market well."
Looking ahead, Scholtz says GCS faces two challenges: improving the initialisation of its projects and increasing the volumes it produces.
"GCS has always been better in its design phase, so we are looking to improve the initialisation of our projects. We are also in a place where we are contracted beyond our capability to produce at the moment, so we are looking at methods to up the volumes to meet the demand for our hi-frequency radio units."
Scholtz says GCS is exporting extensively to Africa and countries like India. GCS`s joint venture with SAAB AB from Sweden, which has a 49% shareholding in Grintek, has also enabled it to supply countries like Sweden, Switzerland and North Korea.
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