ABB Robotics
Marc-Oliver Nandy becomes Cluster Manager of the DACH region
ABB Robotics has appointed Marc-Oliver Nandy as Cluster Manager for the DACH region. He took up his new role on April 1, 2026.
Marc-Oliver Nandy succeeds Martin Kullmann, who held this position ad interim and will in future concentrate fully on his role as Customer Service Manager for the DACH region. Nandy is moving from Mercedes-Benz to ABB Robotics, where he worked for 27 years, most recently as Head of Global Supply Chain Mercedes-Benz Vans. At the same time, he is an Advisory Board Member at the start-ups Zefyron and S2data.
Nandy holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and was a research fellow at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
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