Change of leadership
Schneider Electric Automation: Philippe Briard takes over
With effect from April 1, 2019, Philippe Briard will become Managing Director of Schneider Electric Automation and assume responsibility for the Lahr site. The 54-year-old was previously plant manager in Soultz (Alsace). He succeeds Ottmar Himmelsbach, who is retiring after a career spanning more than 39 years.
Briard has held various management positions at Schneider Electric in the past. In particular in the Universal Enclosures unit as coordinator for the Access program and then as Supply Chain Manager in this unit. He then worked for five years in the central Supply Chain Performance teams of GSC EMEA. In 2016, he successfully managed the SAP Bridge Deployment project at the Limoges plant. In 2017, he took over the plant management in Soultz.
Schneider Electric Automation, based in Marktheidenfeld, is part of the Schneider Electric Group and the international headquarters of the Machine Solutions and Innovation & Technology divisions.
The globally active company develops and produces hardware and software products for automation solutions in mechanical and plant engineering. The plant in Lahr is currently being expanded into a smart factory. It is a competence center for motor technologies and linear axes. It develops and produces servo motors, stepper motors, DC brushless motors, integrated drives and actuators.
Ottmar Himmelsbach had been Managing Director of Schneider Electric Automation since 2010. In addition to his role as Managing Director, he also assumed responsibility for the production plants in Lahr and Marktheidenfeld.
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