Tuesday, February 1, 2022
WEINIG enriches Management Board by welcoming Dr. Georg Hanrath as the Chief Technology Officer beside CEO Gregor Baumbusch and CFO Axel Steiger, Dr. Hanrath is responsible for the area of technology. He started working in the new position on February 1, 2022.
WEINIG AG, one of the leading technology providers for the solid wood and panel processing industry and small businesses in the woodworking and manufacturing domain has a new Chief Technology Officer.
Dr. Hanrath has a significant knowledge in technology and engineering. He has studied mechanical engineering with a focus on manufacturing/production technology at RWTH Aachen University. He has then completed his doctorate degree in engineering at RWTH Aachen University.
After completing education Dr. Hanrath has worked in various positions between 1997 and 2003 at subsidiaries of ThyssenKrupp AG in Germany and the USA. During his time of services, he further attended in-service studies to become a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Quality in the USA. From 2003 to 2005, he worked as Head of Design and Development at Gildemeister AG and, from 2006 to 2015, assumed various management positions at Starrag Group Holding AG, where most recently he held the position of Executive Vice President Operations for four years.
From 2016 to present Dr. Hanrath was a member of the Group Management Board of Leitz GmbH & Co. KG in Oberkochen, holding responsible for the Technology division as COO.
“With Dr. Georg Hanrath we have been able to win an excellent, internationally experienced Chief Technology Officer. We are convinced that with the newly completed Management Board, we are very well positioned to successfully continue the future development of the WEINIG Group,” emphasizes Chairman of the Supervisory Board Thomas Bach.
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