Dr. Gunther Kegel Becomes New President of VDE
CEO of Pepperl+Fuchs Succeeds Dr. Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, CTO of Deutsche Telekom AG
Dr. Gunther Kegel, Chair of the management team at Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH, is the new President of VDE with effect from January 1, 2017.
With effect from January 1, 2017, Dr. Gunther Kegel, Chair of the management team at Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH, is the new President of the VDE for a two-year term. As the new President, he succeeds Dr. Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, CTO of Deutsche Telekom AG, who becomes Deputy President of VDE. Dr. Martin Schumacher, member of the Executive Board at ABB AG Mannheim, also becomes Deputy President of the association.
New members of the presidium from January 2017 are Dr. Reinhard Ploss, Chair of the Management Board at Infineon Technologies AG, and Prof. Dr. Hermann Eul, private investor in Silicon Valley, previously Corporate Vice President Intel Corp. and President and Managing Director at Intel Deutschland GmbH.
The VDE presidium members traditionally come from the scientific and business communities and cover the full spectrum of electrical engineering and information technology. Delegates of the association elect the members of the presidium.
About VDE
The VDE, or Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik (Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies) is one of the largest technical and scientific associations in Europe, with 36,000 members (including 1300 companies) and 1200 employees. The VDE brings together science, standards, and product testing under one roof.
The association's main issues range from energy transition through Industrie 4.0, Smart Traffic, and Smart Living to IT security. The VDE focuses particularly on research and promoting young talent, as well as on consumer protection. The VDE mark, which is a familiar sight to 67 percent of German citizens, is synonymous with the highest standards of safety. The VDE is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.
Om ecom instruments
ecom instruments GmbH er en ledende produsent og leverandør av komplette løsninger innen mobilteknologi for Ex-områder. Markedet for produktene er innen kjemisk og petrokjemisk industri, olje- og gass, legemiddelindustri samt andre bransjer med eksplosjonsfarlig atmosfære. I over 30 år har ecom ledet an i utviklingen av mobile løsninger for Ex-områder.
ecom tilbyr løsninger som er basert på høykvalitets produkter (mobiltelefoner, nettbrett, PDA osv) som kan benyttes innen kommunikasjon, måling og kalibrering, desentralisert IT og andre bruksområder i Ex-områder. I tillegg støttes produktene av en intelligent programvare samt verdensomspennende service.
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Pepperl+Fuchs er markedsledende indenfor udvikling og fabrikation af elektroniske sensorer og komponenter til det globale automatiseringsmarked. Kontinuerlig innovation, kombineret med høj kvalitet og stabil vækst har sikret uafbrudt succes gennem mere end 70 år. Pepperl+Fuchs har 6.300 ansatte på verdensplan og har produktionsfaciliteter i Tyskland, USA, Singapore, Ungarn, Indonesien og Vietnam; de fleste ISO 9001 certificerede.