Dormakaba with new COO
Dieter Sichelschmidt (65), COO of the Access Solutions (AS) DACH segment and member of the Group Executive Committee, will be taking ordinary retirement at the end of the year after many years of service to the company. The Dormakaba Board of Directors has appointed Alwin Berninger (48) as his successor.
Alwin Berninger is currently CEO of the Kuka Industries business unit of the Kuka Group, which is based in Augsburg, Germany, and is a leading provider of automation solutions in the field of industrial robots and manufacturing equipment. Berninger will take up his position on January 1, 2018, and will be based at the AS DACH segment's headquarters in Ennepetal, Germany, according to Dormakaba has communicated.
Experienced industrial manager
Berninger has held various positions at the Kuka Group since 1998. He holds a degree in engineering from Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University (Netherlands).
"With Alwin Berninger, we are gaining an accomplished industry manager as Chief Operating Officer Access Solutions (AS) DACH, who also has the necessary Asian experience to manage the segment's production facilities in Singapore, Malaysia and China. His know-how and experience in the field of automation is an additional asset for the ongoing digital transformation of the company," says Riet Cadonau, CEO of the Dormakaba Group.
