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Dietmar Ley, CEO of Basler AG, was named the brand new chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation.
Dr. Dietmar Ley, CEO of Basler AG in Ahrensburg, Germany, has been elected as the brand new chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Affiliation. He succeeds Frank Konrad, CEO of Hahn Automation Group GmbH, whose three-year time period of workplace as chairman not too long ago got here to an finish.
Ley has been the CEO of Basler AG since February 2000. He’s accountable for analysis and improvement, innovation and the product enterprise. Ley joined Basler in 1993 after incomes his doctorate in laptop imaginative and prescient and was appointed to Basler’s government administration workforce in 1996. Previous to this, he labored for Philips GmbH, Siemens AG and Alcatel AG.
Ley additionally addresses imaginative and prescient know-how subjects outdoors of the corporate. From 2003 to 2018 he was a member of the Administration Board of the VDMA’s Machine Imaginative and prescient division – the biggest German federation of imaginative and prescient know-how firms. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Administration Board of the Robotics & Automation division of the VDMA.
“Robotics and automation are key applied sciences for securing Europe’s competitiveness in a world characterised by geopolitical uncertainty,” mentioned Ley. “In these dynamic instances, it’s essential that Europe has a robust voice in innovation and technological excellence. We are going to subsequently work laborious over the following three years to defend and develop the place of the European mechanical engineering {industry} as a world know-how and innovation chief on this discipline.”
Konrad was honored for his dedication to the {industry} at this 12 months’s Members‘ Meeting of VDMA Robotics + Automation and elected as its Deputy Chairman.
The brand new board members of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Affiliation
The VDMA additionally revealed its new board members:
- Dr. Dietmar Ley (Chairman) – CEO, BASLER AG, Ahrensburg
- Frank Konrad (Deputy Chairman) – CEO, Hahn Automation Group GmbH, Rheinböllen
- Wilfried Eberhardt – Vice President Governmental Affairs, KUKA AG, Augsburg
- Dr. Lars Friedrich – President & CEO of the Division Software Expertise, Dürr Methods AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Dr. Horst Heinol-Heikkinen – Managing Associate, ASENTICS GmbH & Co. KG, Siegen
- Jörg Kipper – Normal Supervisor, Festo Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, Esslingen
- Martin Kullmann – Head of Enterprise Line Buyer Service, ABB AG, Friedberg
- Ralph Lehleuter – Managing Associate, MAFU Automation GmbH, Rosenfeld
- Markus Maurer – Head of Enterprise Unit Automation, VITRONIC Machine Imaginative and prescient GmbH, Wiesbaden
- Dr. Olaf Munkelt – Normal Supervisor, MVTec Software program GmbH, München
- Cornelia Püschel – Managing Associate, PÜSCHEL Automation GmbH & Co. KG, Lüdenscheid
- Enno Scharphuis – Normal Supervisor, Bosch Rexroth AG, Stuttgart
- Volker Spanier – Head of Manufacturing Options, EPSON DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, Meerbusch
- Ralf Winkelmann – Normal Supervisor, FANUC Deutschland GmbH
With 3,600 members, the VDMA is the biggest community group and an essential voice for the equipment and tools manufacturing {industry} in Germany and Europe. The affiliation represents the frequent financial, technical and scientific pursuits of this distinctive and various {industry}.
The VDMA Robotics + Automation Affiliation (VDMA R+A) is a commerce affiliation throughout the umbrella of the VDMA with greater than 400 member firms: Suppliers of elements and methods from the fields of robotics, built-in meeting options and machine imaginative and prescient. The intention of this industry-driven platform is to assist robotics and automation by means of a variety of actions and providers.
In keeping with Worldwide Federation of Robotics (IFR), Germany had the fourth-highest robotic density worldwide in 2023 at 429 robots per 10,000 workers. Germany’s robotic density has grown by 5% CAGR since 2018. Robotic density is a quantity to trace the diploma of automation adoption within the manufacturing {industry} all over the world.