Industry Sector / Drive Technologies Division
Jörg Grotendorst new CEO at Siemens "Inside e-Car"
Nuremberg, Germany, 2012-May-16
With effect from June 1, 2012 Jörg Grotendorst will take charge of the Business Unit "Inside e-Car" headquartered in Erlangen, which provides components and systems for the electrical drive train in automobiles.
Jörg Grotendorst, CEO of business unit 'Inside e-Car' of Siemens Drive Technologies Division
42 years old and a graduate engineer, Jörg Grotendorst started his career 16 years ago at Daimler AG and later joined Ford. Since 2000 he has held various management positions with the automotive parts company Continental in Hanover, Nuremberg and Regensburg. He built up the Hybrid & Electric Vehicles Business Unit in Nuremberg and was most recently in charge of Strategy & Technology in the Powertrain Division of Continental in Regensburg.
He succeeds Ralf-Michael Franke, CEO of the Drive Technologies Division, who has been serving as acting head of Inside e-Car. "In Jörg Grotendorst we are gaining a top-class expert with a comprehensive track record in the automotive industry. He also possesses extensive knowledge relevant to the electrical drive train, batteries, power electronics and motors. He is therefore the right choice to further expand our electromobility activities and to position Siemens as a system supplier", commented Ralf-Michael Franke.
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the world's leading supplier of innovative and environmentally friendly products and solutions for industrial customers. With end-to-end automation technology and industrial software, solid vertical-market expertise, and technology-based services, the Sector enhances its customers' productivity, efficiency, and flexibility. With a global workforce of more than 100,000 employees, the Industry Sector comprises the Divisions Industry Automation, Drive Technologies and Customer Services as well as the Business Unit Metals Technologies. For more information, visit http://www.siemens.com/industry
The Siemens Drive Technologies Division (Nuremberg, Germany) is the world's leading supplier of products, systems, applications, solutions and services for the entire drive train, with electrical and mechanical components. Drive Technologies serves all vertical markets in the production and process industries as well as the infrastructure/energy segment. With its products and solutions, the Division fulfills the key requirements of its customers for productivity, energy efficiency, and reliability. For more information, visit http://www.siemens.com/drivetechnologies
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Drive Technologies Division
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