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Walter Kiechl appointed as COO of Uster in China

Previously Managing Director of Jossi Systems AG, Walter Kiechl will be responsible for finalizing the integration of Jossi into Uster China.

4th June 2015

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Uster

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Previously Managing Director of Jossi Systems AG and Uster’s Fiber Cleaning segment, he took up his new post as Chief Operating Officer for China on 1 May, as a member of the Executive Management Team of Uster Technologies.

Walter Kiechl

Mr Kiechl was MD of the former Jossi Systems when it was acquired by Uster Technologies AG in 2013, and subsequently took charge of the Uster Fiber Cleaning activity, which incorporated the Jossi equipment range.

Walter Kiechl has a strong engineering and business management background and wide-ranging experience. His responsibilities will include finalizing the integration of Jossi into Uster China, as well as continuing to foster Uster’s success in this market generally. The remit will also take in local development and manufacturing activities at the company’s Technology Center in Suzhou.

Uster Technologies

The Uster Group is the leading high-technology instrument manufacturer of products for quality measurement and certification for the textile industry.

 The Group provides testing and monitoring instruments, systems and services that allow optimization of quality through each individual stage of textile production. This includes raw textile fibres, such as cotton or wool, all staple fibre and filament yarns, as well as downstream services to the final finished fabric.

The Group is headquartered in Uster, Switzerland, and it has sales and service subsidiaries in the major textile markets and Technology Centers in Uster (Switzerland), Knoxville (USA) and Suzhou (China).

www.uster.com

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