Managing Director
Dr. Karl Ludovici

After graduating in chemistry with a focus in process engineering, Dr. Karl Ludovici earned his PhD in inorganic chemistry at the University of Cologne. He joined Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co KG as an operating engineer in sugar production, starting a career in food and animal feed production that now spans more than 30 years. Initially responsible for starch and glucose production in Germany, he then took on international duties, moving to a French subsidiary of P&L. There, he first worked as a project engineer with responsibility for process development, capacity building and expanding the product range. He subsequently worked in business development for starch and protein processing, establishing its modified proteins business in collaboration with a Dutch company being active in milk replacement. Moving back to Germany in the head office of P&L, Dr. Ludovici assumed the role of sales manager for industrial sugar products, later becoming head of applications engineering and product development for Germany and Europe. As head of marketing, he was also responsible for enhancing the product portfolio in the area of household sugar. Since joining the family-owned holding company P&L Industrie- und Handels KG, he has overall responsibility for technology and applications engineering. Today he is one of the two managing directors of nexnoa GmbH.