Jörg Kipper, Managing Director of Festo Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the VDMA's Integrated Assembly Solutions (VDMA IAS) department.
The specialised department Integrated Assembly Solutions represents the assembly and handling technology sector. According to Jörg Kipper, it makes a decisive contribution to competitive production at the German and European site "A high degree of automation in assembly and handling will enable us to counteract demographic change over the next decade. To achieve this, it is crucial that the industry engages more closely with the Opportunities of digitalisation is concerned. The VDMA must Important framework conditions to ensure successful implementation. As the new Chairman of VDMA Integrated Assembly Solutions, I would like to actively support this," says the new Chairman.
Kipper succeeds Johannes Linden from PIA Holding GmbH, who stepped down from the VDMA IAS Board in accordance with the Articles of Association due to personnel changes and therefore also resigned as Chairman of IAS. Thomas Ernst, the new CEO of PIA Holding GmbH, was appointed to the IAS Board.
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