Wittenstein subsidiaries: Kasper Rungfeldt takes over
Kasper Rungfeldt has joined Wittenstein motion control GmbH and Wittenstein aerospace & simulation GmbH as Managing Director.
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read more...MPDV expands management team
MES specialist MPDV Mikrolab expanded its management team at the turn of the year.
read more...Marc Hirtz is the new Vice President Global Sales at abas
At the beginning of 2018, Marc Hirtz (50), a graduate industrial engineer, took over responsibility for global sales at the abas Group and is now a member of the abas Software Management Board.
read more...General Data Protection Regulation
New functions for GDPR compliance
The global provider of business software IFS has released special functions for IFS Applications that make it easier for companies to comply with the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
read more...Chief Executive Officer takes over
COO John Stephenson has left the Norma Group
John Stephenson has left the Norma Group at his own request as of January 31. Until a new appointment is made, CEO Bernd Kleinhens will assume the duties of COO.
read more...New Chairman of the Executive Board
Software AG: Sanjay Brahmawar succeeds Karl-Heinz Streibich
Sanjay Brahmawar was appointed by the Supervisory Board of Software AG as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company for a period of five years as of August 1, 2018.
read more...Vote for the most beautiful SCOPE cover
At the end of the year, SCOPE readers were able to vote for the most beautiful cover image from the past year in an online poll. It ended in a close neck-and-neck race.
read more...New Chairman of the Management Board
ZF: Wolf-Henning Scheider succeeds Dr. Konstantin Sauer
Wolf-Henning Scheider succeeds Dr. Konstantin Sauer as CEO and will take over as the new Chairman of the Board of Management of the ZF Group on February 1.
read more...Significant increase in domestic orders
In the fourth quarter of 2017, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry rose by 24% compared to the same period of the previous year. Domestic orders increased by 48%. One of the reasons for this is the good global economic situation.
read more...Atlas Copco reports another record year
Atlas Copco increased its turnover by 15 percent in 2017. The industrial group grew primarily in the area of vacuum technology, where turnover rose by 44 percent to two billion euros.
read more...Andreas Meuer unanimously elected
Fraunhofer: new Executive Board member for Controlling and Digital Business Processes
The Senate of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has unanimously elected Andreas Meuer to the Executive Board for Controlling and Digital Business Processes.
read more...Dual leadership at Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is reorganizing management responsibility in the Building division as of March 1, 2018 in the form of a dual leadership team. Markus Hettig (47) will then be Vice President Building DACH. Udo Hoffmann (48) will become Vice President Building Sales, Germany.
read more...New member of the management board
Still: Thorsten Hofmann succeeds Karl-Heinz Birkner
Thorsten Hofmann has been appointed by the Supervisory Board of Still GmbH as Chief Financial Officer of the Kion Group subsidiary with effect from February 1, 2018 and will assume the role of Labor Director.
read more...Number of employees at record high
Ziehl-Abegg increases global sales by 12 percent
The fan and motor manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg grew by around 12 percent in 2017. Sales rose from 484 million euros to 540 million euros, according to the preliminary figures for the past financial year.
read more...Hörmann takes over Hermann
The personally liable partner of the Hörmann Group, Christoph Hörmann, has signed the purchase agreement for the acquisition of Hermann Automation. In doing so, the company intends to strengthen its recently integrated access control systems business.
read more...Konica Minolta opens Digital Manufacturing Hub in Darmstadt
Konica Minolta opened the Digital Manufacturing Hub at its Darmstadt site today, February 1, 2018 - it is the global headquarters of the newly created Digital Manufacturing Business Unit. From here, SMEs in particular will be advised and supported in the digitalization of their production.
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