The Allgäu-based family business Mayr Antriebstechnik is expanding its management team: Ferdinand Mayr has been appointed Managing Director with immediate effect. This means that the fifth generation of the Mayr family is taking over responsibility for the company, which was founded in 1897. Ferdinand Mayr, grandson of Fritz Mayr, shares the management role with Fritz Mayr, himself the grandson of the company founder, and Günther Klingler, who as Managing Director and CEO heads up the national and international activities of Mayr Antriebstechnik.

In the future, Ferdinand Mayr will be primarily responsible for the digitalization of the company and will manage the finances and strategic decisions of the Mayr Group together with CEO Günther Klingler.

"Since its foundation in 1897, Mayr Antriebstechnik has remained an independent, autonomous family business. Since our foundation, we have stood for innovation and the highest quality. We are proud of this and we are sticking to it, even if the world is changing rapidly and profoundly," says Ferdinand Mayr. "I therefore see it as one of my most important tasks to master the challenges of increasing networking, digitalization and Industry 4.0 and to take advantage of the opportunities they offer us."

At the Hannover Messe 2019, Mayr Antriebstechnik presented to the numerous visitors, including State Secretary for Economic Affairs Roland Weigert, how this manifests itself in the portfolio. The intelligent ROBA-brake-checker module detects the movement of the armature plate by analyzing current and voltage, for example, and knows the status of the brake at all times. In addition to the switching status, temperature and wear, the ROBA-brake-checker also monitors the traction path or traction force reserve, i.e. whether the magnet is still able to attract the armature disk. According to Mayr Antriebstechnik, the module makes it the only company to offer an intelligent solution for sensorless monitoring of electromagnetic brakes as standard.