Germany: Reinhard Schäfer has joined the management board of Bosch Rexroth. He succeeds Bertram Hoffmann, who left the company at the end of March 2019.
Schäfer, aged 54 years, takes on Hoffmann’s responsibilities for manufacturing and quality management at the engineering company. The mechanical engineer began his career in 1986 as a trainee at the former Rexroth Star in Schweinfurt and advanced to the position of technical plant director and managing director. He then held a number of executive positions in manufacturing and quality management in different areas within the automotive division of the Bosch Group in Germany, the Netherlands and China.