KraussMaffei Names New Injection Molding Leader
Jörg Stech will be responsible for the company’s injection molding division with a focus on Europe and responsibility for the global development of the technology.
KraussMaffei Group has named Jörg Stech as the new head of Injection Molding Machines EMEA, succeeding Karl-Heinz Bourdon, who led the division on an interim basis since the end of July. Stech was most recently responsible for the overall business of hydraulics component manufacturer ARGO-HYTOS GmbH. A graduate engineer of BadenWuerttemberg Corporative State University, Stuttgart, Stech also earned master’s degrees in business administration and industrial science from the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Working in plastics for more than four decades, Bourdon was named to the Plastics Hall of Fame in 2018. Prior to Bourdon, Manuel von Varchmin took over as Head of Sales EMEA with global responsibility for the IMM division as of May 15. He had succeeded Sven Schewe, who left KraussMaffei after five years at that time.
Jörg Stech has been named the new head of Injection Molding Machines EMEA for KraussMaffei.
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