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Sedran Becomes CEO
IMPULSES
Dr. Thomas Sedran has been appointed CEO of Volks-
wagen Commercial Vehicles with effect from Septem- Dr. Johannes Liebl
ber1, 2018. He succeeds Dr. Eckhard Scholz, who is Editor in Charge
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stepping down at his own request. Sedran has a Ph. D.
in economics and became a member of the manage-
© Volkswagen mentboard of Adam Opel AG in charge of strategy
andoperations and interim CEO in 2012. He assumed
responsibility for the Chevrolet and Cadillac brands in
Thomas Sedran Europe as President and Managing Director in July 2013.
Volks wagen appointed him Senior Vice President Group
Strategy in 2015 and, in addition, he was named General elect!
Secretary of Volkswagen AG in 2017.
Our Western culture is characterized by freedom
and prosperity. Mobility is one of the factors that
contributes to this. But legislation on climate change
Kiekert | Hanel Becomes Chairman and air quality is forcing us to rethink our approach.
There are two ways in which we can continue to
of the Management Board enjoy unlimited mobility: the use of synthetic fuels
that do not produce particulates and the electrifica-
The supervisory board of Kiekert has appointed tion of drive systems. We are promoting the more
Dr.Guido Hanel as the new chairman of the man- traditional route at our International Engine Congress
agement board with effect from July 1, 2018. At in Baden-Baden (Germany). The systemic approach
thesame time the decision was made to reduce the to improving combustion engines in combination
board from three members to two. The new CEO is with new fuels and innovative exhaust aftertreament
the successor to Dr. Karl Krause, who had held the systems has been well-received by the industry,
© Kiekert position since 2007. During Krause’s eleven years NGOs, and politicians. This year we have even
succeeded in bringing together Jürgen Resch from
inthe role, the company expanded its product port-
Guido Hanel folio to become a system supplier and was taken Environmental Action Germany (DUH) and Carsten
Müller, a member of the German parliament.
over by the Chinese automotive industry supplier
Hebei Lingyun Industrial Group Corporation. Hanel has held senior positions at
Kiekert since 2006. He was appointed to the management board in September We are focusing on the second route at the new
elect! ATZ Electrified Mobility Congress, which we
2017 as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Before that he served as Executive Vice are holding in collaboration with Messe Stuttgart.
President for Program, Planning, and Quality.
elect! follows on from the success of the 30 Inter-
th
national Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition
(EVS30) and is based on an extensive international
network. Managers and engineers from traditional
Eaton | E-mobility Division Debut companies and new players in the field will be
presenting their views on how individual mobility,
Eaton, the power management company, has launched local public transport, and delivery services will
its newly established e-mobility division in response to change and on which products are likely to succeed
growing demand for high-voltage technology for electric on the market. Will we be buying cars or mobility
vehicles. The Business Unit for E-mobility is focused on solutions in future? To what extent will the percep-
three main areas of application for both passenger cars tions of well-established companies such as Daimler,
Schaeffler, and Mahle overlap with those of new-
and trucks: intelligent power electronics, power sys- comers such as BAIC and Byton?
© Eaton tems, as well as high voltage power distribution and cir-

Jeff Lowinger cuit protection. “Our understanding of the unique cus- I would like to invite you to attend elect! ATZ Electri-
tomer requirements coupled with our experience in
fied Mobility Congress, on October 8 and 9, 2018 in
transmission and power electronics in hybrid applica- Stuttgart (Germany) to find out the answers to these
tions give us a significant advantage over other suppli- questions and meet prominent figures in the world of
ers,” says Jeff Lowinger, President of the new division. electric mobility.
More than 500 million US dollars will be invested over
the next five years in the development of new products
and technology.
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