Industry Sector / Industry Solutions Division
Martin Krauss to become new CFO of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies
Linz, Austria, 2009-Aug-26
Martin Kraus will be the new CFO of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH & Co., a Business Unit of the Siemens Industry Solutions Division in the Siemens Industry Sector.
With effect from October 1, 2009, Martin Krauss will become CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH & Co. headquartered in Linz. Mr. Krauss succeeds Werner Auer who took over the position as CEO of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH & Co. on July 1, 2009.
Krauss began his career at Siemens as a trainee in industrial business administration before going on to work first in the Procurement organization and then in the Project Management organization of the former PG (Power Generation) Group. He then studied business economics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and at Aston University in Birmingham, Great Britain. After gaining his degree, Krauss returned to Siemens, joining the former TS (Transportation Systems) Group in 1994. Following various posts in Strategy and Marketing, in Project Management as well as in Sales and Product Management for multiple unit trains, he worked in the Group for 5 years as Head of Business Administration for the Locomotives Subdivision. From December 2004 up to now, Krauss acted as CFO of Siemens Sanayi ve Ticart A.S. in Turkey.
Further information about solutions for steel works, rolling mills and processing lines is available at: http://www.siemens.com/metals
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The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the world's leading supplier of production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. With integrated automation technologies as well as comprehensive industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity, efficiency and flexibility of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six Divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility and Osram. With around 222,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry posted in fiscal year 2008 a profit of EUR3.86 billion with revenues totaling EUR38 billion. www.siemens.com/industry
With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metal Technologies, (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa., U.S.A.), and Industry Technologies, (Erlangen, Germany), the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, Industry Solutions develops and builds plants for end customers, commissions them and provides support during their entire life cycle. With around 31,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry Solutions achieved an order intake of EUR 8.4 billon in fiscal year 2008 (preliminary and unaudited).
Further information and downloads at:
http://www.siemens.com/industry-solutions
Reference Number: IIS200908.940e fp
Contact
Mr. Rainer Schulze
Industry Solutions Division
Siemens AG
Schuhstr. 60
91052 Erlangen
Germany
Tel: +49 (9131) 7-44544