Feintool names automation division head

Feintool Intl. Holding's board of directors has appointed Norbert Müller as head of the company's Automation Division. He will assume his post as a member of group management Oct. 1.

A qualified mechanical engineer, Müller succeeds Johannes Schmid, who recently left the company. He has many years of management experience acquired during a career with the Sulzer Group, Slumberland Group, and most recently as the managing director of Fotolabo Professional Imaging. Until Oct. 1, Thomas Grichting, head of the Plastic/Metal Components Division, will manage the Automation Division on an ad interim basis.