Wittenstein subsidiaries
Under new management
The management of two Wittenstein subsidiaries changed on February 1, 2018: Kasper Rungfeldt is the new Managing Director of Wittenstein Motion Control and Wittenstein Aerospace & Simulation.
The 51-year-old lawyer and business economist Kasper Rungfeldt has many years of international management experience, particularly in the oil and gas and defense industries. He has held management positions at several European and non-European locations, including Siemens and ABB.
Rungfeldt succeeds Christoph Heine in both positions at Wittenstein. The latter will be leaving the Group at his own request after more than ten years on June 1, 2018. He will then take over the role of sector manager for aerospace and defense at Staufen AG.
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