The industrial engineer has held high-ranking management positions with medium-sized groups of companies over the past 20 years, most recently as CEO of Woma.

With the experienced top manager for Automation Systems, Rittal intends to expand its mechanical engineering competencies as a Competence Center for automation solutions and further penetrate the American and Asian markets in particular.

"I am pleased to now be able to shape the development of the Competence Center for Automation with Rittal Automation Systems" says Jochen Trautmann.