ABB/B&R
Jörg Theis becomes head of B&R
On April 1, 2021, Jörg Theis will take over the management of B&R, ABB's Machine Automation division. He takes over from Clemens Sager, who has headed the division ad interim since January 1, 2021.
Jörg Theis, an internationally experienced ABB manager, will take over the management of B&R, ABB's machine automation division, on April 1, 2021. Theis has worked for ABB for 23 years and has experience in process and factory automation with a focus on the development of digital service offerings, including in the consumer goods, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, hybrid and automotive industries. Theis has lived and worked in both Europe and Asia and was most recently Head of ABB's Process Automation Division for Energy Industries, in Singapore. He will relocate from Singapore to Eggelsberg, the location of B&R's headquarters in Austria.
Clemens Sager only took on the role of Interim President of the division in January, after B&R Managing Director Hans Wimmer left the company at the end of 2020.
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