Big management shakeup at EK Waterblocks

Watercooling firm EK Waterblocks went through a big management shakeup as the company has seen the departure of its CEO, CTO and Head of Marketing. Word on the street is that there was an estrangement from the majority of the top management over the past four years, they wanted to take the company in a different direction than the owner of the company. Exact details aren't known. At the moment, Edvard König is acting as CEO, he founded the company in 1999.

TechPowerUp received the following statement.

CHANGES IN EKWB: New management and new execution Fast growing company EKWB has new CEO and CTO. Executive powers were taken over by Edvard König, founder and owner, and Matjaz Krc, his business partner from the start, business angel and veteran in turnaround management. The reason behind owners decision was that views on execution of company's vision grew apart and changes were necessary for future growth and adaptation to new and fast market challenges. The company has currently 90 employees, from that 15 people in top and middle management and 7 in R&D.

Changes are opening the door for faster execution and more reliable launch of new products which was one of the biggest complaints from the market. Biggest changes are happening in two main areas: R&D and communication. The former needs to improve and that is why it is in revision and development. Regarding R&D we want to point out that the development team is already strong and EKWB is in the middle of its expansion - internally and with external partners - which will considerably accelerate the pace of development of new products. Strict project management will be put in place to manage time plans accordingly. EKWB's main advantage and basis for company's success was always the whole team and this is our core and pride. EKWB is putting a lot of effort in creating environment where the world's top talent can do the best work of their lives.

So, what is new at EKWB? At the moment everything goes according to project plans. There will be a lot of new exciting products for our users launched. Let us just share this year's launches, most of them will come already until end of November:

Long awaited EK MLC Phoenix is set to launch until 24th of November in a limited edition version.

EK-KIT A240R - Fluid Gaming expansion kit with Vega Full Cover water block until end of this month.

EK-AC Radeon Vega Fluid Gaming expansion full cover water block

EK-M.2 NVMe Heatsink Red, Blue, Green, Purple

EK-FB ASRock X299 RGB Monoblock (Fits 5 motherboards!)

EK-FB GA X399 GAMING RGB Monoblock

EK-FB MSI X399 GAMING PRO CARBON RGB Monoblock

EK-FB ASRock X399 RGB Monoblock