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VDMA Robotics Group announces two new board members

Jan 03, 2017

VDMA Robotics Group

VDMA Robotics Group has two new board members: Dr. Klaus Kluger, managing director Europe at Omron Adept Technologies GmbH, Dortmund, and Ralf Winkelmann, managing director sales at Fanuc Deutschland GmbH in Neuhausen a.d.F.

The appointments follow the recent resignation of Wilfried Eberhardt—who remains a board member of VDMA Robotics + Automation—and Olaf Kramm.

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