SVS-Vistek
Robert Franz is the new CEO
SVS-Vistek founder and CEO Walter Denk has retired from operational business at the end of 2023. Robert Franz took over as CEO on January 1.
SVS-Vistek founder and CEO Walter Denk has retired from operational business at the end of 2023. Robert Franz, who generally acts as CEO for the German 2D vision companies within the TKH Group, to which SVS-Vistek also belongs, has taken over the role of CEO. This bundling is intended to further intensify cooperation between the companies. As essential components of TKH Vision, they have already cooperated in various areas in the past. For example, the sales activities under the management of Björn Krasemann (CSO) and the marketing activities under the management of Johannes Zurin (Director Business Development & Marketing) for SVS-Vistek and Allied Vision have been merged.
Product Management, headed by Thorsten Schmidt (CPO), and Research & Development, headed by Gerd Reichle (CTO), will continue to be managed in their existing functions in order to maintain existing competitive advantages. However, there will be a closer exchange and increased cooperation between the two companies in these activities in order to act in a coordinated manner and exploit synergies. Thorsten Schmidt will take on the role of SVS-Vistek site manager for the Gilching site in addition to his existing responsibilities.
There is also a change in the Operations division: due to the retirement of the previous COO of SVS-Vistek, Gerd Völpel, the COO of Allied Vision, Andre Kruse, is now responsible for both companies in this role. Some purchasing tasks will initially continue to be carried out independently, although the first joint activities have already been successfully implemented. In the next steps, further synergy potential will be analyzed in order to gradually expand the respective functions.
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