Change of Management Within the TRUMPF Laser
Ditzingen, Germany - As of January 1, 2006 Jens Bleher is the new managing director of TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH, Ditzingen, Germany.
Bleher (38) studied mechanical engineering and business administration. From 1994 to 1997 he worked for A.T. Kearney Management Consultants, Germany. From 1997 to 2000 he was head of laser marking at TRUMPF Laser GmbH + Co. KG, Schramberg, Germany. He has been managing director of TRUMPF Laser Marking Systems AG in Switzerland since 2000.
Martin Benzinger, Bleher's predecessor as managing director, is now vice president, TRUMPF Group and executive vice president, East Asia. He remains a member of the TRUMPF Group management board, to which he was appointed in 1988. Benzinger has worked for TRUMPF since 1978.
Eckhard Meiners (44) follows Bleher as managing director of TRUMPF Laser Marking Systems AG, Grüsch, Switzerland. He studied space and aerodynamics and has a PhD in laser engineering. From 1994 to 1999 he was head of R&D at the Wetzel Processing Group in Germany. He has worked for TRUMPF since 2000.
Meiners' successor as director of international sales, laser systems in the TRUMPF laser technology division will be Klaus Loeffler. Loeffler worked for TRUMPF from 1995 to 2002, most recently as the director of the Laser Technology Center in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
