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Swiss textile machinery group elects Ernesto Maurer as New President

Ernesto Maurer was elected as a new president, following the resignation of Peter Gnägi, who has been member of the board since 2002 and president since 2013.

4th June 2015

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Zurich

Industrial

After the resignation of Peter Gnägi, who has been member of the board since 2002 and president since 2013, the members of the group elected Ernesto Maurer as his successor.

New board

The connoisseur of the international textile machinery industry has held various management positions in leading companies over the last years.

Today, he is CEO of SSM Schaerer Schweiter Mettler AG in Horgen. The new board consists of Ernesto Maurer, vice president Urban Germann (Stäubli Sargans AG) and the new board members Norbert Klapper (Rieter AG), Robert Reimann (Jakob Müller AG) and Ralph von Arx (Retech AG).

Celebrating anniversary

This year, the Swiss textile machinery group will celebrate its 75th anniversary. Since 1940 the group supports its member companies–over the years many of them gained international market leadership.

The planned activities for this year include participation in ITMA show that takes place from 12-19 November in Milan. In addition, workshops on Innovation and Additive Manufacturing will be organized.

Swissmem

Swissmem unites the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industry and associated technology-oriented sectors. Continuous basic work has made Swissmem into a centre of strategic commercial and employer skills. This allows the association to represent the concerns of the sector to politicians, national and international organizations, representatives of employees and the public.

 Apart from this, Swissmem offers numerous practice-oriented services to the companies, which help them to maintain their ability to compete and to meet new challenges successfully. 

 The commitment of Swissmem has a long tradition and is based on the activities of the ASM and VSM associations. The VSM was renamed as Swissmem and took over all the activities of the ASM, apart from those in connection with the overall employment agreement of the sector, at the start of 2007. 

www.swissmem.ch

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