VDMA: Johann Sailer is new  chairman

The members of the Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery Association within VDMA e.V., the German Engineering Federation, have unanimously elected Johann Sailer (50), Managing Partner at GEDA-Dechentreiter GmbH & Co KG, Asbach-Bäumenheim, to be their new chairman for the coming three years at their annual assembly in Bremen on November 4, 2011.

Sailer, who has been a board member of this professional association since 1999 already, will also act as President of the Committee for European Construction Equipment CECE from 1 January 2012 onwards. He succeeds Dr. Christof Kemmann, Managing Partner at BHS Sonthofen GmbH, who no longer stood for election after chairing the Association for 7 and a half years.

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