Sommer Cable Announces New Management Team
Germany’s Sommer cable GmbH, a 2025 TEC Award finalist, is pleased to announce that Maximilian Blanck and Marie-Kathrin Huber will join the management of the company. They will succeed Friedhelm Sommer, co-founder and long-standing Managing Director, who is taking his well-deserved retirement.
Pictured L-R are Maximilian Blanck, Marie-Kathrin Huber and Rainer Blanck.
As the children of Rainer Blanck, co-founder and CEO of Sommer Cable, both have had a close relation to the company since their childhood. Among other accomplishments, Maximilian developed the SYSBOXX configurator, which is highly regarded by customers worldwide. Since October 2023, he has been supporting Sommer cable’s entrepreneurship, sales and product management as well as the IT management and was co-responsible for the new website of the company’s online shop. Thanks to his master’s degree in Information Management, he contributes valuable talents and knowledge that will help Sommer meet future challenges, especially in the evolving digital realm.
Marie-Kathrin Huber (née Blanck) also joined the company in August 2023. Owing to her international studies (M.A.) and her many years of experience in the cultural sector, she brings in abundant creativity as well as high organizational skills. These talents form an ideal basis for her activities in management, but also in HR, as well as in marketing and sales, notably in the digital world and social media.
“Their joining the management team underlines the continuity, foresight and family tradition that have characterized the company since its foundation,” says owner Rainer Blanck. who will remain CEO.
Friedhelm Sommer, who founded the company over 25 years ago together with Rainer Blanck, can look back on a successful company history. Under the leadership of the two managing directors, Sommer cable has developed from a small business into an internationally recognized company known for its quality and innovative capacity. This year, the company celebrates its 25th anniversary, and is a 2025 TEC Award finalist.
(L-R) Friedhelm Sommer and Rainer Blanck
ABOUT SOMMER CABLE
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary, Sommer Cable Germany is an enterprising development and manufacturing company of innovative and unique cable, connector and electronic products for the Studio, A/V Installation, Live Sound, Broadcast, Video, Music, IT and HiFi markets, with business partners in over 50 countries. In 2015, Sommer Cable America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sommer Cable Germany, was established in Santa Rosa, CA. Jed Larson is COO of the new company, which supplies the North American markets with Sommer’s wide range of innovative and high-quality products. 707.200.4020 https://www.sommercable.com/en-us
