Turck
New head of the 'Automation Systems' division
Olaf Ophoff is the new Head of the 'Automation Systems' division at Turck. He succeeds Oliver Merget, who left the automation specialist at the end of March 2019.
Olaf Ophoff joined Turck around one and a half years ago and was previously Head of Product Management Factory Automation Systems. His predecessor - Oliver Merget - held the position of head of the 'Automation Systems' business unit for almost eight years. Merget has left Turck at his own request to pursue a new challenge.
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