CEO Schwirz leaves the company
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.
read more...read more...Martin Jones is the new Managing Director
Since July 1, 2016, Moxa Europe has had a new Managing Director, Martin Jones, who brings several years of professional experience in management positions.
read more...Generation change at Contrinex
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.
read more...New managing director appointed
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.
read more...Chairman of the Supervisory Board comes from Konica Minolta
The Supervisory Board of Mobotix has a new Chairman: Yuji Ichimura, Executive Officer at Konica Minolta, the majority shareholder of Mobotix, has been appointed as Chairman of the company's Supervisory Board.
read more...Industrial automation/measurement technology
Yokogawa Germany with new Managing Director
Yokogawa has appointed Andreas Helget as the new CEO of its German headquarters. He is now responsible for the 'Industrial Automation' division in Ratingen and the 'Test and Measurement Technology' division in Herrsching, as well as three Customer Centric Offices in Germany.
read more...CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer leaves the company
After almost four years as CEO, Rainer Hundsdörfer (58) left his employer ebm-papst, manufacturer of fans and drives, on April 30, 2016. The reason given by ebm-papst is a difference of opinion regarding the future management of the company.
read more...Carousel of people on the Management Board
Effective June 1, 2016, Dr. Jan Michael Mrosik, currently CEO of the Siemens Energy Management Division, will take over as CEO of the Digital Factory Division. He succeeds Anton Huber. An arrangement has also already been made to fill Mrosik's current position.
read more...New Sales Manager Germany
Since April 1, 2016, Martin Frey (pictured) has been the new Head of Sales Germany at Pilz, a provider of safe automation solutions based in Ostfildern near Stuttgart. Frey succeeds Stefan Olding, who recently left the company.
read more...Connection technology / Connection technology
New Chief Sales Officer at Weidmüller
José Carlos Alvarez Tobar has been responsible for global sales and global market communication at the Weidmüller Group in Detmold since March 1, 2016. He brings decades of experience to the company.
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