Thomas Kehl has taken over as President and Chairman of the executive board of Coperion in Stuttgart, Germany, a subsidiary of US-based Hillenbrand.
Kehl will lead the company as it continues to expand its presence in single-source compounding plants and materials handling systems on a global scale. He has been a member of Coperion’s executive board since 2008 and succeeds Günter Bachmann, who has chosen to leave the firm after nine years as Chairman.
In his last position, Kehl was responsible for Coperion’s Compounding Machines and Service business. Prior to joining Coperion in 2008, he was Managing Director of Rieter Automatik, Senior Vice President of Rieter in Switzerland, and Chief Executive of Freudenberg Nonwovens.
