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Peter Zierhut, nuevo director general de Haas Automation Europe (HAE)Peter Zierhut, new CEO of Haas Automation Europe (HAE)
January 25, 2010
Haas Automation Europe (HAE) has announced the appointment of Peter Zierhut as new general manager. Zierhut, one of the founding members of Haas Automation Inc., has held several management positions during the twenty-six years he has been working in the company, as director in the departments of computer science, marketing, sales and service.
At the end of 2009, Peter Hall announced to the staff of Haas Europe which put an end to their seven years as CEO of the company. Hall will return to work at the headquarters of Haas Automation Inc. of Oxnard, California, where will occupy a position of business development.
Peter Zierhut, one of the founding members of Haas Automation Inc., has held several management positions during the twenty-six years and has now been appointed new general director of Haas Automative Europe.
The appointment of Zierhut coincides with the announcement by Haas Automation of its new generation of machine tool CNC, developed over the past years and designed to offer unprecedented productivity and add value.
"While some manufacturers of machine tools have become distress to survive these past two or three years, Haas Automation has invested in a new range of products", said Peter Zierhut. "Our new machines incorporate everything we have learned over the past twenty years and they will help us to increase our market share in Europe." "We are living at a troubled time, but we are better prepared than ever before".