October 3, 2018 – Wilfried Eberhardt, Chief Marketing Officer and Member of the Advisory Board of KUKA AG in Augsburg, Germany, has been elected Chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association for a three- year term. Wilfried Eberhardt succeeds Dr. Norbert Stein, Managing Director of VITRONIC GmbH, whose three-year term of office ended. At the Members’ Assembly of VDMA Robotics + Automation held in Wiesbaden last Saturday, Dr. Norbert Stein was honored for his contributions and dedicated service to the industry for more than two decades.
Frank Konrad, Chief Marketing Officer of HAHN Automation GmbH in Rheinböllen, Germany, has been elected Deputy Chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation. The new Board consists of:
- Wilfried Eberhardt (Chairman) Chief Marketing Officer and Member of the Advisory Board, KUKA AG, Augsburg, Germany
- Dr. Heiko Frohn Chief Technology Officer, VITRONIC GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Dr. Horst Heinol-Heikkinen Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, Asentics GmbH & Co.
- Dr. Jürgen Hohnhaus General Manager Products, Güdel AG, Langenthal, Switzerland
- Dr. Klaus Kluger General Manager Central East Europe, Omron Electronics GmbH, Langenfeld, Germany
- Frank Konrad (Deputy Chairman) Managing Director, HAHN Automation GmbH, Rheinböllen, Germany
- Dr. Dietmar Ley Chief Executive Officer, Basler AG, Ahrensburg, Germany
- Dr. Olaf Munkelt Managing Director, MVTec Software GmbH, Munich, Germany
- Cornelia Püschel Managing Partner, PÜSCHEL Automation GmbH & Co.
- Stefan Roßkopf President and CEO, teamtechnik Maschinen- und Anlagen GmbH, Freiberg, Germany
- Helmut Schmid General Manager, Universal Robots (Germany) GmbH, München
- Gottfried Schumacher Director Product Management Assembly, Bosch Rexroth AG, Stuttgart, Germany
- Henrik Schunk Managing Partner and CEO, Schunk GmbH & Co.
- Volker Spanier Head of Factory Automation Division, EPSON Deutschland GmbH, Meerbusch, Germany
KG, Siegen, Germany
KG, Lüdenscheid, Germany
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