Sumitomo
Management change at Power Transmission & Controls Division EMEIA
Florian Butzmann, CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Cyclo Drive Germany and the associated SCG Group, will also become CEO of the Power Transmission & Controls Division EMEIA.
The CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Cyclo Drive Germany Florian Butzmann has also assumed responsibility for the Power Transmission & Controls Division in EMEIA as CEO as of January 1, 2024. Power Transmission & Controls (PTC) is the drive solutions division of the global Japanese engineering company Sumitomo Heavy Industries, under which the Sumitomo Drive Technologies brand operates.
At PTC EMEIA, Butzmann succeeds Shaun Dean, who in turn becomes Managing Director of Sumitomo Heavy Industries' new European site in Amstelveen near Amsterdam.
In addition to Butzmann, Cesare Savini, CEO of the Lafert Group, and Adrian Ellam, CEO of Invertek Drives, have also joined the team at the PTC EMEIA headquarters since the beginning of the year. In addition to representatives of the parent company Sumitomo Heavy Industries, who are responsible for finance, compliance and business development, central holding functions such as strategy, marketing, digitalization and human resources will also be based there.
Butzmann will continue to operate from the Markt Indersdorf site near Munich and will retain his CEO role at Sumitomo (SHI) Cyclo Drive Germany GmbH and the SCG Group. He joined Sumitomo Drive Technologies in 2012 as Head of Sales Europe, Middle East and Africa and has since successfully held various key positions within the company. In 2016, he took over the position as CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Cylco Drive Germany and its subsidiaries.










