Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Ullrich took over the management of Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH. He succeeds Dr. Thomas Kessler, whose contract expired on December 31, 2019. In the meantime, the group of companies was managed by interim managing director Heiko Kober (CFO) as well as authorized officers Dirk Christian and Frank Jocham.

Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Ullrich worked for a Jenoptik AG company from 1999 to 2008, initially as Head of R&D and later as Managing Director (CEO). In 2008 he moved to Grenzebach Algoscan as Managing Director (CEO). From 2013 he was Business Division Manager at Sturm Maschinen- & Anlagenbau.