Dec. 17, 2025 – Peter Sieber will retire on Dec. 31, 2025, after twelve years with HIMA Group. He will continue to support the company in an advisory capacity.
During his tenure at HIMA, Sieber made significant contributions to the company's success. As a recognized expert in functional safety, he played a key role in expanding HIMA's solution portfolio and advancing the digitalization of functional safety under the motto #safetygoesdigital—delivering solutions that create tangible value for customers.
Through his long-standing involvement in international standardization committees, he also contributed substantially to the global development of functional safety and OT security.
Most recently, Sieber led the Strategic Marketing division. Previously, he was responsible for international sales, norms and standards, and the China region. His key achievements include establishing HIMA’s presence in China and expanding local business operations. "Peter Sieber has successfully driven the digitalization of functional safety with his creative drive and wealth of ideas, both nationally and internationally. His personal dedication in establishing HIMA China and fostering partnerships in the region is particularly noteworthy," said Jörg de la Motte, CEO of HIMA Group.
As part of the company’s succession plan, Sergej Arent will assume overall responsibility for the Customer Solutions Center (CSC), which will include Applications, the HIMA Academy, HIMA Consulting, and the newly established Solutions Management for Turbo-Machinery Control (TMC), Safety Lifecycle Digitalization (SLD), and Pipeline Leak Detection Systems (LDS). Ivo Hanspach will take over HIMA Group’s activities in norms and standards, in addition to his role as head of Product Management.
With this realignment, HIMA Group is strengthening its position as an independent technology and solutions partner and a pioneer in the digitalization of functional safety. The company thanks Sieber for his many years of service and wishes him all the best for the next chapter of his life.
About HIMA Group
The HIMA Group is a global independent provider of safety-related automation solutions for the process and rail industries that protect people, assets, and the environment from harm. Founded in 1908, the family-owned company is headquartered in Brühl, near Mannheim, (Germany). In 2023, the HIMA Group acquired the British company Sella Controls. This was followed in 2024 by the acquisition of the Norwegian company Origo Solutions.
The HIMA Group employs approx. 1100 employees in 22 group companies worldwide. Regional centers are located in Breda, the Netherlands (Europe, HIMA Benelux), Stockport, England (UK, Sella Controls), Kristiansand, Norway (Scandinavia, Origo Solutions), Singapore (North and South East Asia, HIMA Asia-Pacific), Perth (Australia and New Zealand, HIMA Australia), Shanghai (HIMA China), Dubai, United Arab Emirates (HIMA Middle East) and Houston, USA (North America, HIMA Americas).
The open and independent HIMA Safety Platform combines hardware and software on a single technology platform and offers a uniform security concept. With more than 50,000 installed safety systems (SIL 3 / SIL 4, PL e, CENELEC SIL 4), HIMA is considered a technology leader. In addition to proven safety technology, HIMA offers consulting, safety engineering and services as well as training.
This results in solutions that ensure functional safety and OT security, compliance with standards, process efficiency and plant availability throughout the entire safety lifecycle. As a safety expert, HIMA is pioneering the digitalization of functional safety and generates significant added value for customers with holistic safety solutions.
Since the 1960s, HIMA has been a reliable partner to the world's largest companies in the process industry, including chemicals, petrochemicals, energy and oil and gas.
