Staff News 04_2020

On 16th June 2020, the Board of Management of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), Berlin/Germany, unanimously approved Marie-Luise Wolff, Chair of the Board at ENTEGA AG, Darmstadt, as BDEW President. Nathalie Leroy, Spokeswoman for Management at HAMBURG WASSER, was elected as the new Vice President for Water/Wastewater of the BDEW. She succeeds Jörg Simon from the ...

Joseph Dzierzawski has been named President and CEO of BEUMER Corporation, the US subsidiary of BEUMER Group, Beckum/Germany, in Somerset, New Jersey/USA, effective 27th April 2020. He will be fully responsible for the business lines Conveying & Loading Systems, Palletizing and Packaging Technology, and Sortation and Distribution Systems in the North American market.

The Board of Directors of Metso Outotec Corp. convened after the registration of the demerger of Metso Corp.. The members of the Board of Directors of Metso Outotec are Mikael Lilius (Chair), Matti Alahuhta (Vice Chair), Klaus Cawén, Christer Gardell, Hanne de Mora, Antti Mäkinen, Ian W. Pearce, Emanuela Speranza, Kari Stadigh and Arja Talma. In its organizational meeting, Metso ...

In its inaugural meeting following this year’s annual general meeting on 29th May 2020, the Supervisory Board of Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, Heilbronn/Germany, elected Harry Mergel, Mayor of the City of Heilbronn and former Deputy Chairman of the committee as its new chairman. Thomas Strobl, Minister of the Interior, Digitalisation and Migration of the State of Baden-Württemberg, took over the office ...

On 15th May 2020, the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, appointed Kai van de Loo as honorary professor. Prof. van de Loo has already been passing his knowledge on to budding industrial engineers at the THGA for many years in his role as lecturer. From 1992 to May 2020, he worked for the German Coal Association (GVSt), Essen/Germany, in ...

The German Coal Association (GVSt) is mourning the loss of Dr.-Ing. E.h. Wilhelm Beermann, its Honorary President and Deputy Chairman, who died on 5th August at the age of 84. Wilhelm Beermann spent his entire professional life in the service of the coal and lignite mining industries and their employees. Throughout this time he always spoke up for those toiling ...