Appointments

After almost 35 years success in leading positions including CEO of the family business, Hans-Rudolf Schurter is retiring. The reason for this is not due to a lack of enthusiasm for his duties, but to the company's Articles of Association.

Xilinx has announced that Senior Irish Executive, Brendan Farley has been appointed Managing Director of Xilinx Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is also the corporation’s Vice-President for Wireless Engineering.

Pickering Interfaces has announced the appointment of Joe Woodford as International Sales and Partner Manager.

ABBYY has appointed industry veteran Robert Youngjohns as Chairman of the Board. In this position Robert will work with the CEO and executive management team to shape ABBYY’s global enterprise growth strategy and execution.

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions has announced Rick Fricke will be joining MacDermid Alpha Electronic Solutions (MAES) as the Vice President and General Manager of their Semiconductor Solutions division.

Xilinx has announced it has appointed Brice Hill to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective immediately.

Energy efficient lighting manufacturer, MEGAMAN, has announces the appointment of a new National Sales Manager and area-based Business Development Manager to its sales team.

The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Milton Guerry (pictured) of SCHUNK USA as the new President. Klaus Koenig of KUKA Robotics has been appointed as IFR´s new Vice President.

One of the world’s leading experts in the science of measurement, the University of Huddersfield’s Dame Jane Jiang, has been appointed to a new national body within the EPSRC that has a brief to identify bold new areas for research and investment.  

Insituware LLC, the provider of smart in-situ measurement solution with integrated machine learning technology, has announced the appointment of Denis Barbini, Ph.D. as Chief Scientist.