VDMA Robotics + Automation Association names new chairman

Dr. Dietmar Ley, Chief Executive Officer of Basler AG in Ahrensburg, Germany, has actually been chosen as the brand-new chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Organization. He does well Frank Konrad, Chief Executive Officer of Hahn Automation Team GmbH, whose three-year term of workplace as chairman lately involved an end.

Ley has actually been the Chief Executive Officer of Basler AG because February 2000. He is accountable for r & d, development and the item service. Ley signed up with Basler in 1993 after making his doctorate in computer system vision and was designated to Basler’s exec administration group in 1996. Before this, he helped Philips GmbH, Siemens AG and Alcatel AG.

Ley additionally deals with vision modern technology subjects beyond the firm. From 2003 to 2018 he belonged to the Administration Board of the VDMA’s Device Vision division– the biggest German federation of vision modern technology firms. Considering that 2018, he has actually belonged to the Administration Board of the Robotics & Automation division of the VDMA.

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” Robotics and automation are essential innovations for protecting Europe’s competition in a globe defined by geopolitical unpredictability,” claimed Ley. “In these vibrant times, it is important that Europe has a solid voice in development and technical quality. We will certainly as a result strive over the following 3 years to protect and broaden the setting of the European mechanical design sector as an international modern technology and development leader in this area.”

Konrad was recognized for his dedication to the sector at this year’s Participants’ Setting up of VDMA Robotics + Automation and chosen as its Replacement Chairman.

The VDMA additionally exposed its brand-new board participants:

• Dr. Dietmar Ley (Chairman)– CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BASLER AG, Ahrensburg
• Frank Konrad (Replacement Chairman)– CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Hahn Automation Team GmbH, Rheinböllen
• Wilfried Eberhardt– Vice Head Of State Governmental Matters, KUKA AG, Augsburg
• Dr. Lars Friedrich– Head Of State & Chief Executive Officer of the Department Application Modern Technology, Dürr Solution AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen
• Dr. Horst Heinol-Heikkinen– Taking Care Of Companion, ASENTICS GmbH & Co. KG, Siegen
• Jörg Kipper– General Supervisor, Festo Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, Esslingen
• Martin Kullmann– Head of Service Line Customer Support, ABB AG, Friedberg
• Ralph Lehleuter– Taking Care Of Companion, MAFU Automation GmbH, Rosenfeld
• Markus Maurer– Head of Service Device Automation, VITRONIC Device Vision GmbH, Wiesbaden
• Dr. Olaf Munkelt– General Supervisor, MVTec Software Application GmbH, München
• Cornelia Püschel– Taking Care Of Companion, PÜSCHEL Automation GmbH & Co. KG, Lüdenscheid
• Enno Scharphuis– General Supervisor, Bosch Rexroth AG, Stuttgart
• Volker Spanier– Head of Production Solutions, EPSON DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, Meerbusch
• Ralf Winkelmann– General Supervisor, FANUC Deutschland GmbH

With 3,600 participants, the VDMA is the biggest network company and an essential voice for the equipment and devices production sector in Germany and Europe. The organization stands for the typical financial, technological and clinical rate of interests of this special and varied sector.

The VDMA Robotics + Automation Organization (VDMA R+A) is a profession organization within the umbrella of the VDMA with greater than 400 participant firms: Distributors of elements and systems from the areas of robotics, incorporated setting up remedies and maker vision. The objective of this industry-driven system is to sustain robotics and automation via a vast array of tasks and solutions.

According to International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Germany had the fourth-highest robotic thickness worldwide in 2023 at 429 robotics per 10,000 workers. Germany’s robotic thickness has actually expanded by 5% CAGR because 2018. Robotic thickness is a number to track the level of automation fostering in the production sector worldwide.