Dr Reinhold Festge has been elected President of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA). He succeeds Dr Thomas Lindner, who has served as President since 2010.

Dr Festge is a Managing Partner of Haver & Boecker, Germany. Previous to this position, he served as Managing Director of Haver + Beumer Latinoamericana, Brazil, and as Managing Director of Haver Filling Systems in the US. Festge sits on the board of the VDMA and is a member of the restricted board. He was Chairman of the VDMA Professional Association for Construction and Building Material Machinery in 1998 – 2004 and Chairman of the VDMA State Federation of North Rhine Westphalia in 2005 – 2011.

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