
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.
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Stäubli Robotics Bayreuth has a new Managing Director: Peter Pühringer is now responsible for the German, Austrian and Scandinavian markets.

IDS Imaging Development Systems
Personnel changes in the management of IDS: Daniel Seiler leaves at the end of February, Jan Hartmann, eldest son of the company founder, joins the management of the company as the second generation at the same time.

Prof. Dr. Peter Hofmann, who took over as Chief Technology and Development Officer in November 2019, is leaving Kuka. The Supervisory Board and the Chief Technology Officer have jointly decided to end their collaboration for personal reasons as of February 20, 2020.

Frank Paul Nonnenmann replaced Michael Unger as Managing Director at Balluff on February 1, 2020. After more than 28 years with the company and 20 years as Managing Director, Unger is moving to the Advisory Board of the Neuhausen-based family business.

Baumüller has a new COO: Dr. Michael Wengler joined the management of Baumüller Nuremberg in January 2020.

Peter Körte will be the new Head of the Siemens Strategy Department from February 1, 2020. He replaces Horst J. Kayser, who has been responsible for the Siemens Portfolio Companies since the beginning of January and has continued to manage the corporate strategy on an interim basis.

Hans-Jürgen Hilscher, Managing Director of the company for over 33 years, has handed over overall responsibility for the Group to his son Sebastian Hilscher as the new CEO as of January 1, 2020.

André Sombecki is the new Chief Financial Officer of the Weidmüller Group in Detmold. He succeeds Jörg Timmermann, who is leaving the company at his own request on February 29, 2020.

There will be a change in Lenze's Executive Board: COO Jochen Heier is leaving the company by mutual agreement, CEO Christian Wendler will take over the COO function on an interim basis.

Norimitsu Ito is the new CEO of Harmonic Drive AG. He succeeds Ekrem Sirman, who left the company at the end of 2019, as CEO.