FRANKFURT, Feb. 12, 2026 — Kai Bisgwa, chief regional officer DACH of KUKA Germany is a new member of the Board of the VDMA Robotics Group.
With this appointment, Kai Bisgwa succeeds Erich Schober (formerly CSO of KUKA Germany), who resigned from the VDMA Robotics Board in conformance with association statutory requirements.
“Since robotics plays a decisive role in the future competitiveness of the German and European economy, I am delighted about the appointment and look forward to making my contribution in the Robotics Group and play an active role in shaping the future of robotics. Continuous exchange with other companies and politicians is particularly important to me,” said Kai Bisgwa about his new role.
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About the VDMA
The VDMA represents 3500 German and European mechanical and plant engineering companies. The industry stands for innovation, export orientation and SMEs. The companies employ around 3 million people in the EU-27, more than 1.2 million of them in Germany alone. This makes mechanical and plant engineering the largest employer among the capital goods industries, both in the EU-27 and in Germany. In the European Union, it represents a turnover volume of an estimated 870 billion euros.
Around 80% of the machinery sold in the EU comes from a manufacturing plant in the domestic market.
About VDMA Robotics
As part of the VDMA Robotics + Automation trade association, VDMA Robotics has 160 members: Their product portfolio ranges from robot manufacturing to integration of robot systems to robotics products. Robotics is characterised by a high degree of innovation, market growth and rapid technical developments. In addition, we unite the players in the industry and deal with important future and trend topics, such as safety standardisation, OPC UA and human-robot collaboration. Key activities include statistical analysis and market surveys, marketing activities, standards development, public relations, research, trend studies, trade fair policy as well as networking events and conferences.