PNO
New Board of Directors elected by rotation
The general meeting of the Profibus User Organization (PNO) took place on 14 September 2020 - virtually for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic. The agenda included the regular election of the Executive Board.
As part of the regular elections, Karsten Schneider (Siemens) was re-elected as Chairman and Prof. Dr. Frithjof Klasen (TH Köln/Gummersbach) and Dr. Jörg Hähniche (Endress + Hauser Process Solutions) were re-elected as Vice Chairmen. Frank Moritz von Sick (pictured) was newly elected to the board.
The General Meeting also confirmed the Advisory Board members Klaus Erni (Emerson), Marco Henkel (Wago), Andreas Hennecke (Pepperl+Fuchs), Dr. Hans Krattenmacher (SEW-Eurodrive), Martin Müller (Phoenix Contact), Matthias Prinzen (Festo) and Frank Welzel (Harting). Manfred Haberer (Sick), Andreas Pfaff (Mitsubishi Electric), Edwin van Hoeven (Yokogawa) and Dr. Ulrich Viethen (Murrelekronik) are new members of the Advisory Board.
The Advisory Board of the PNO controls the technical orientation and further development of the PI technologies Profibus, Profinet, IO-Link and Omlox and supports the Executive Board in the business tasks of the PNO. The Executive Board and the elected Advisory Board members are supported in their work by the heads of the PNO's eight committees, who are responsible for the respective technology, quality assurance and marketing topics and are members of the Advisory Board.
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