KROHNE Group Management Adds Attila Bilgic

DUISBURG, Germany (Feb. 27, 2017)—Effective Jan. 1, 2017, the Advisory Board of the KROHNE Group has appointed Dr.-Ing. Attila Bilgic as managing director of Ludwig KROHNE GmbH & Co KG. He assumes global responsibility for research and development, and extends the managing board of the KROHNE Group alongside Michael Rademacher-Dubbick and Stephan Neuburger, according to a statement from the company. His main task is the digitization of the measuring devices and measuring systems, their networking and their integration among themselves, as well as with and into the digital systems of the users, the company said. The area of smart sensors, which KROHNE has pioneered with various research projects under his leadership, is also of particular significance. Prior to joining KROHNE, Bilgic held various positions in the Communication Solutions division of Infineon Technologies AG from 2000 to 2009, most recently as director system engineering. From 2007 to 2009, he was head of the Department of Integrated Systems at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Since 2016, he has been a member of the board of the VDI / VDE Society of Measuring and Automation Technology. He is also a member of the German Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).