Top Management
Dr. Jochen Weyrauch
CEO of Dürr Systems AG
Born in 1966
Nationality: German
Study: Industrial Engineering and Management
| 1990 – 1999 |
Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Frankfurt am Main Various management positions Member of the Management Board |
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| 1999 – 2002 | PhD (Dr.) |
| 1999 – 2003 |
Turbo-Lufttechnik GmbH (TLT), Zweibrücken & Cleveland, Ohio President & CEO |
| 2003 – 2005 |
Carl Schenck AG, Darmstadt Member of the Management Board/COO |
| 2006 – 2014 |
Schenck Process Holding GmbH, Darmstadt President & CEO |
| 2014 – 2016 |
Endurance Capital AG, Munich Senior Partner Independent Consultant |
| since 2017 | Member of the Board of Management of Dürr AG |
Bruno Welsch
CEO Division Paint and Final Assembly Systems
Born in 1966
Nationality: German
Education: Electrician and Systems informatics technician
| 1985 – 1995 |
Various positions at Zertz + Scheid Ingenieurgesellschaft in electrical hardware design and software development, among others |
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| 1996 – 2000 |
Career start at Dürr electrical hardware design and software development |
| 2000 – 2001 |
Team leader software development |
| 2002 – 2005 | Project manager |
| 2005 – 2008 | Managing Director of Dürr de México S.A. de C.V. |
| 2008 – 2010 |
President of Paint and Final Assembly Systems of Dürr de México S.A. de C.V. and Vice President of Paint and Final Assembly Systems North America |
| 2010 – 2018 | President & CEO of Dürr Systems North America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador) |
| since August 2018 |
CEO of the Paint and Final Assembly Systems division and member of the Board of Management of Dürr Systems AG |
Dr. Lars Friedrich
CEO Division Application Technology
Born in 1971
Nationality: German
Study: Physics and Business Administration
| 1996 – 1999 | CREOL Fellowship, University of Central Florida, USA |
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| 1999 | Ph.D. Physics |
| 1999 – 2000 |
Ciena Corp, Hanover, Maryland, USA Lead Engineer |
| 2000 – 2008 |
Adva Optical Networking SE, Munich various management positions (incl. Vice President Technology/Strategy, Vice President Product Line) |
| 2009 – 2015 |
JDS Uniphase Corp., Miliptas, California, USA Vice President and General Manager in various business units |
| 2015 – 2018 |
Sick AG, Reute Chairman Division Identification & Measuring Member of the Sick Management Board Co Head Sick Industry 4.0 Initiative |
| since October 2018 | Member of the Board of Management Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
| from January 2019 | CEO Division Application Technology |
Dr. Daniel Schmitt
CEO Division Clean Technology Systems
Born in 1970
Nationality: German
Study: Chemical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.)
| 1997 – 2002 |
University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, Engler-Bunte-Institute, Karlsruhe Research Associate |
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| 2002 | PhD (Dr.) |
| 2002 – 2008 |
Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG, Weinheim various management positions (incl. Head of Sales Industrial Filtration Germany/Scandinavia, Filter division) |
| 2008 |
Freudenberg Nonwovens (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg General Manager, Filter division |
| 2009 – 2010 |
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg Managing Director and Site Executive Officer |
| 2011 – 2017 |
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies SE & Co. KG, Weinheim Head of Industrial Filtration Europe as well as Global Vice President Industrial Filtration |
| since July 2017 | CEO Clean Technology Systems division |
| since March 2020 | Member of the Board of Management of Dürr AG |
Thomas Kolb
CEO Dürr Assembly Products GmbH
Born in 1965
Nationality: German
Study: Electrical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.)
| 1991 – 2001 |
Komeg / Schenck Komeg GmbH, Eppelborn Software Design Engineer |
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| 2002 – 2003 |
Schenck Final Assembly Products GmbH, Püttlingen Manager Software Engineering |
| 2003 – 2005 |
Schenck Final Assembly Products GmbH, Püttlingen Manager Software Engineering and Commissioning |
| 2005 – 2015 |
Dürr Assembly Products GmbH, Püttlingen Manager Operations |
| 2015 – 2019 | Managing Director of Dürr Assembly Products GmbH, Püttlingen |
| since January 2020 | CEO of Dürr Assembly Products GmbH, Püttlingen |
Bernd Preißler
CEO Dürr Somac GmbH – Filling Technology
Born in 1955
Nationality: German
Study: Mechanical Engineering
| 1980 – 1985 | Research and development in the field of mechanical engineering |
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| 1985 – 1990 |
Sachsenring Zwickau (nowadays VW plant Zwickau) Various management positions |
| 1990 – 1991 |
JV Kunststoffwerke, Georgensgmünd Head of the design department |
| 1992 – 2004 |
KOMEG Somac GmbH, Schenck Somac GmbH, Dürr SomacGmbH Managing Director Sales, After Sales Service and Project Management |
| since July 2004 | CEO of Dürr Somac GmbH |