Drive technology
Bühler Motor strengthens management
Bühler Motor has had a new Vice President Program Management Automotive & Industrial Drive Solutions since the beginning of October. Achim Brömmel has experience in the automotive and industrial sectors as well as drive technology and fluid management.
Achim Brömmel succeeds Mark Furtwängler as Vice President Program Management Automotive & Industrial Drive Solutions. Until October 1, Furtwängler was interim head of the division in addition to his duties as Managing Partner of Bühler Motor and Co-CEO of the Bühler Motor Group. Brömmel was most recently CTO at automotive supplier Hengst SE, where he was responsible for R&D, sales and purchasing. He has in-depth knowledge of the product development process, system engineering, project management and global account management.
The company expects numerous synergy effects and decisive impulses for product and process innovations from the recent bundling of the Automotive Drive Solutions and Drive Solutions for General Industrial Applications divisions under a joint program management.
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