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a.b.jödden has appointed Martin Schilling as an additional managing director, who will be responsible for marketing and sales in the future.
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a.b.jödden has appointed Martin Schilling as an additional managing director, who will be responsible for marketing and sales in the future.

TE Connectivity (TE), a provider of connectivity and sensor solutions, has appointed Peter Van Loo as General Manager of Intercontec following the completion of the acquisition of the Intercontec Group.

Jürgen von Hollen is the new President of Universal Robots, a Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots. The company has been part of Teradyne, a provider of automated test equipment headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, since 2015.

The generational change in Wittenstein's management announced last year has been completed: CEO Prof. Dr. Dieter Spath is leaving the company to become the new Acatech President.

After almost 15 years in office, Klaus Rottmayr is stepping down as Managing Director of ICP Germany. He will leave the company on September 30. His successor has already been appointed.

Since September 1, Norbert Gauß has been responsible for the business of Yaskawa's Drives & Motion division for the EMEA region as President & Division Director. He succeeds Albert Shiina in this role and has also been appointed Co-Managing Director of Yaskawa Europe.

Siegfried Russwurm, member of the Managing Board of Siemens, will not extend his contract, which expires at the end of March 2017. This decision was made by mutual agreement between Russwurm and the Supervisory Board of Siemens.

On 13 September, Dr. Claus Jessen (53) resigned from his position as CEO of automation supplier Festo. He will leave the company on December 31, 2016. He had only recently taken the helm.

On September 1, 2016, the Supervisory Board of Infoteam Software appointed Christian Zahn to the Management Board as Chief Sales Officer (CSO). From January 2017, he will also assume the position of CEO - replacing the last founding member.

Tim Oliver Holt will take over as CEO of Power Generation Services at Siemens from October 1, 2016. He succeeds Randy Zwirn, who helped shape the Power Generation division for almost 20 years.