Stäubli Robotics
Expansion of the management board
Stäubli Robotics Bayreuth has a new Managing Director: Peter Pühringer is now responsible for the German, Austrian and Scandinavian markets.
The appointment of Pühringer will relieve Gerald Vogt, who has been responsible for the global robotics business from the company's Swiss headquarters in parallel with the management of Stäubli Robotics Bayreuth since 2016, of this dual function. Pühringer (43) has held the operational management of the Bayreuth site as Division Manager since mid-2017, but until then under the management of Gerald Vogt.
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