At its autumn meeting, the Executive Committee of VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) and the Special Section for Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems in VDMA (German Engineering Federation) elected Martin Kappas Chairman for another three years, with Dr. Mathias Kammüller, Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, and Carl Martin Welcker, Alfred H. Schütte Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne, as his deputies. His second period in office begins on January 1 next.
The first three years of Martin Kapp’s chairmanship saw an unprecedented upturn in the German machine tool industry following the severe slump in orders during 2008.
Martin Kapp commented: “Today, our sector is once again performing very well. Nonetheless, there are major challenges ahead. Globalisation is progressing, the market parameters are shifting. Ourmid-tier members have to cope with the necessity of maintaining a simultaneous presence in many different countries featuring highly disparate preconditions”.