VDMA announces new boards for Robotics + Automation and Machine Vision groups
The VDMA has announced its new board members and leaders for both its Robotics + Automation and machine vision groups.
First, Dr. Norbert Stein, Managing Director of VITRONIC, has been elected Chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association for a three year term. Stein follows Hans-Dieter Baumtrog, Senior Vice President, ATS Automation Tooling Systems, whose term of office ended after three years.
Stein commented on the sector during his inauguration: "Our sector is continuing its growth path. After achieving the 12 billion euro turnover threshold in the current year, we expect a further increase of 5% to 12.6 billion euros in 2016. Our technologies are in high demand worldwide."
Wilfried Eberhardt, Chief Marketing Officer of KUKA AG, was elected Deputy Chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation group. The entire new board consists of:
- Dr. Norbert Stein (Chairman) - Managing Director of VITRONIC
- Wilfried Eberhardt (Deputy Chairman) - Chief Marketing Officer of KUKA AG
- Dr. Horst Heinol-Heikkinen - Managing Director of Asentics
- Dr. Olaf Munkelt - Managing Director of MVTec Software
- Cornelia Püschel - Managing Partner of PÜSCHEL Automation
- Dr. Christian Ripperda - Vice President/Technology Director of ISRA VISION
- Stefan Roßkopf- President and CEO, teamtechnik
- Gottfried Schumacher - Director Product Management Assembly Technology, Bosch Rexroth
- Volker Spanier - Head of Factory Automation Division, EPSON Deutschland
- Michael Sträb - Chairman of the Supervisory Board/President of Güdel Group
- Dr. Michael Wenzel - Senior Vice President, Reis Group Holding
Pictured above: Dr. Christian Ripperda, Dr. Michael Wenzel, Gottfried Schumacher, Wilfried Eberhardt, Dr. Norbert Stein, Cornelia Püschel, Dr. Olaf Munkelt, Volker Spanier, Dr. Horst Heinol-Heikkinen. Not in the picture: Stefan Roßkopf, Michael Sträb.
Additionally, as part of the third European Machine Vision Summit, the members of the VDMA Machine Vision group elected a new board. Based on former members’ votes, the board added three additional seats.
From 2015-2018, the following members will drive and guide the activities of the VDMA Machine Vision group:
- Heiko Frohn - Managing Director of VITRONIC
- Horst Heinol - Heikkinen - Managing Director of ASENTICS
- Lou Hermans- Chief Operating Officer of CMOSIS
- Dietmar Ley – CEO of Basler
- Donato Montanari - General Manager Machine Vision Business Unit of Datalogic Automation
- Olaf Munkelt (Chairman) - Managing Director of MVTec Software
- Klaus-Henning Noffz - CEO of Silicon Software
- Christian Ripperda - Vice President / Technology Director of ISRA VISION AG
- Mark Williamson - Director - Corporate Market Development, Stemmer Imaging
Pictured: The VDMA Machine Vision board
View more information on the VDMA Machine Vision group.
View more information on the VDMA Robotics + Automation group.
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Former VSD Editor James Carroll joined the team 2013. Carroll covered machine vision and imaging from numerous angles, including application stories, industry news, market updates, and new products. In addition to writing and editing articles, Carroll managed the Innovators Awards program and webcasts.