Arburg appoints Dr Volker Nilles as new Chief Executive Officer
Arburg GmbH + Co KG, headquartered in Lossburg, Germany, has announced that Dr Volker Nilles has assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer. The appointment expands Arburg’s top-level management team to six, with Nilles joining Managing Partners Juliane Hehl (Global Marketing and Business Development) and Michael Hehl (Premises Development) as well as Managing Directors Tobias Baur (Sales, After Sales), Guido Frohnhaus (Technology & Engineering) and Steffen Kroner (Finance, Controlling, IT, Global HR).
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Nilles brings with him more than 30 years of leadership experience in mechanical and automotive engineering, providing a clear focus on transformation, growth and sustainable organisational development. He has held international management positions, including the USA, China and India.
After studying mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and completing a PhD in business administration at the Technical University of Munich, Nilles began his professional career in machine tool engineering at ThyssenKrupp, where he was responsible for purchasing, logistics and production for a total of eleven plants worldwide. This was followed by senior positions in plant management at Bosch Rexroth as well as a ten-year tenure as CEO of Kleemann GmbH, where he advanced the international focus of the crushing and screening plant manufacturer.
Dr Nilles acquired extensive experience in plastics processing at KraussMaffei Kunststofftechnik, where he was ultimately responsible for global new machine business as Executive Vice President New Machines and a member of the extended board. Before taking up the position at Arburg, he was CEO of Humbaur GmbH, Europe’s largest manufacturer of car trailers.
“We are pleased to welcome on board Dr Nilles, an internationally experienced expert with a broad portfolio,” shared Michael Hehl, Managing Partner & Managing Director Plant Development, Spokesperson for the Management Team.
Juliane Hehl, Managing Partner, Global Marketing and Business Development, believes that Dr Nilles’ appointment will bring further dynamism to the strengthening of Arburg as a world-renowned brand and the further expansion of Arburg’s global market presence.
