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New board member at VDMA Robotics

Published on : Wednesday 17-05-2023

The board of VDMA Robotics has appointed a new board member

Frankfurt, May 16, 2023 – Erich Schober, CSO of KUKA Deutschland GmbH, succeeds his former colleague Michael Otto, who left KUKA at the end of last year.

I am very much looking forward to working and designing as a volunteer in the VDMA Robotics department. Against the background of new technologies, innovations and markets, this is more exciting and important than ever, says Erich Schober.

The VDMA represents about 3,500 German and European companies of the mechanical engineering industry. The industry stands for innovation, export orientation and medium-sized businesses. The companies employ around four million people in Europe, more than one million of them in Germany. Mechanical and plant engineering represents a European turnover volume of around 800 billion euros. With a net value added of around 270 billion euros, it contributes the highest share of the entire manufacturing sector to the European gross domestic product.

The VDMA Robotics + Automation Association (VDMA R+A) forms a separate trade association within VDMA with more than 350 member companies: Suppliers of components and systems from the fields of robotics, integrated assembly solutions and machine vision. The aim of this industry-driven platform is to support robotics and automation through a wide range of activities and services. Key activities include statistical analyses and market surveys, marketing activities, standardization, public relations, corporate foresight studies, trade fair policy as well as networking events and conferences.