德国时间9月24日，彭博社报道，蒂森克虏伯股份公司目前计划卖出关键部门以缓解螺旋式下跌，包括利润最多的电梯，仍计划撤下现任CEO吉多·克尔克霍夫（Guido Kerkhoff）。吉多·克尔克霍夫在2018年接任海因里希-海辛格(Heinrich Hiesinger）。现在董事会认为其在出售关键部门的工作推进过慢，对其施加压力。目前，蒂森克虏伯已向潜在的电梯部门卖家发出了收购意向书，包括其他电梯OEM企业和投资公司。通力电梯表示对全面合并两公司业务十分感兴趣，而吉多·克尔克霍夫表示希望把一小部分股权卖给投资公司，以避免触犯了竞业规则，就像当初蒂森克虏伯钢铁部门与印度Tata钢铁公司的合作功亏一篑一样。有信源称，有好几家私募投资公司表示对蒂森克虏伯的其他部门感兴趣，包括汽车部件、系统工程及厚板材钢铁部门，但吉多·克尔克霍夫表示想首先把电梯部门以150亿欧元（约为166亿美元）的价格出售。目前Martina Merz将担任临时CEO一职。

　　THYSSENKRUPP REPLACING KERKHOFF AS CEO

　　thyssenkrupp AG has moved to replace CEO Guido Kerkhoff as the giant company looks to sell key units — including thyssenkrupp Elevators, its most-profitable — to end its downward spiral, Bloomberg reported on September 24. Kerkhoff, who replaced Heinrich Hiesinger in 2018, has been under pressure from the company's board, which felt he was moving too slowly in organizing the sale of the units. thyssenkrupp sent letters to potential buyers of the elevator unit earlier this year, including other OEMs and several private equity firms. KONE has expressed interest in a full merger, but Kerkhoff signaled that he preferred to sell a minority stake to a private equity firm and, thus, avoid the kind of competition regulations that killed an effort to create a joint venture between thyssenkrupp's steel business and India's Tata Steel Ltd. The source notes that several private equity firms had expressed interest in other thyssenkrupp units, including automobile parts, system engineering and heavy plate steel, but Kerkhoff was trying to get a deal done for the EUR15-billion (US$16.6-billion) elevator unit first. He will be replaced on an interim basis by board Chairwoman Martina Merz.