Philip Nelles is the new General Manager of the ContiTech Power Transmission Group, a business unit of ContiTech AG, Hanover. He succeeds Konrad Müller, who now heads the Air Spring Systems business unit. Nelles has been working for the Power Transmission Group since 2010 and was most recently in charge of the Automotive Original Equipment segment. In his new role, he reports to ContiTech CEO Hans-Jürgen Duensing. Nelles began his career at ContiTech Fluid Technology as an industrial engineer. After completing a trainee program, he worked for five years at the plant in Wackersdorf, Germany, first as a project engineer, then as plant manager. In 2006 he went to Hungary where he managed the ContiTech Fluid Automotive Hungaria Kft plant in Vác for 1½ years before being appointed General Manager of the company. In 2010, he was transferred to the ContiTech Power Transmission Group.