The VDMA Metallurgy board has elected Till Schreiter, CEO of ABP Induction Systems GmbH, as the new Chairman with immediate effect. Schreiter succeeds Dr Ioannis Ioannidis, who retired from his active career at the Frech Group at the end of 2023 and thus also relinquishes the chairmanship of the specialist association.
Schreiter, a graduate engineer in electrical engineering (RWTH Aachen), has been a member of the Executive Board of the Metallurgy Association – with the specialist departments of foundry machinery, metallurgical and rolling mill equipment, as well as thermo process technology – since it was founded in 2017 and contributes his extensive expertise and experience from executive positions in metallurgical plant engineering to the management of the association’s work.
Till Schreiter, CEO of ABP Induction Systems GmbH and the new Chairman of the VDMA Metallurgy Association
Together with his colleagues from the steering committee, he is particularly keen to strengthen the framework conditions to ensure that the solutions provided by the metallurgical machinery and plant engineering industry will be able to unfold their impact on a global scale to make proven metal production and processes ever more sustainable.
“Our industry can only fully realise its potential, and in particular its comprehensive decarbonisation expertise, if the framework conditions are right for a strong foundation of innovative metallurgical machinery and plant engineering in Germany and Europe. VDMA Metallurgy offers the network and the platform to play a decisive role in shaping cross- company solutions for the central challenges of the international metals value chain.”
“Sincere thanks go to Dr Ioannis Ioannidis, who has been a member of the trade association since 2004, chaired the former Foundry Machinery Association since 2013 and, since 2017, has shown great commitment in merging the three formerly separate specialist associations foundry machinery, metallurgical and rolling mill equipment and thermoprocess technology into one successful organisation,” added Schreiter.
