
Klaus Rottmayr steps down as Managing Director
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.
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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.

Kontron announced the dismissal of long-standing CEO Rolf Schwirz on July 25. At the same time, the company announced weak figures for the second quarter of 2016 - and withdrew its forecast for the year.

Since July 1, 2016, Moxa Europe has had a new Managing Director, Martin Jones, who brings several years of professional experience in management positions.

Swiss sensor technology provider Contrinex is changing its sales and R&D management: Peter Heimlicher, founder of the company, stepped down from the Management Board on June 1, 2016.

Hitex, a provider of software and debugging tools for embedded systems, has appointed Jörg Stender as its new Managing Director. Stender takes over from Frank Hoschar, who left the Karlsruhe-based company at the end of June.