Chief Technology Officer leaves
Prof. Dr. Peter Hofmann leaves Kuka
Today, Wednesday, the Supervisory Board of Kuka and the Chief Technology Officer Prof. Dr. Peter Hofmann decided to end their cooperation.
The collaboration will be terminated on February 20 for personal reasons. Peter Hofmann took over as Chief Technology and Development Officer in November 2019 and also took over the management of Research and Development in the Robotics business segment.
"We would like to thank Peter Hofmann for his commitment and wish him all the best for the future," said Peter Mohnen, CEO of Kuka AG. "Innovation and technology are of central importance to Kuka. We are therefore concentrating on finding a successor for the robotics division in the near future."
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