B&R under new management: ABB appoints Jörg Theis as CEO

The­is is a 23-year vet­er­an of ABB.  He has deep expe­ri­ence in process and fac­to­ry automa­tion in Con­sumer Goods, Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal, F&B, Hybrid Indus­tries and Auto­mo­tive, amongst oth­er seg­ments, with a focus on devel­op­ing dig­i­tal ser­vices offer­ings.  He has lived and worked in Europe and Asia and most recent­ly was Asia lead for ABB’s Process Automa­tion Divi­sion for Ener­gy Indus­tries, based in Sin­ga­pore.  He will relo­cate from Sin­ga­pore to B&R’s glob­al head­quar­ters in Eggels­berg, Austria.
“Joerg has impres­sive glob­al expe­ri­ence in automa­tion and dig­i­tal ser­vices and a strong entre­pre­neur­ial mind­set,” said Sami Atiya, Pres­i­dent of ABB Robot­ics & Dis­crete Automa­tion busi­ness. “With his deep indus­try knowl­edge and proven track record in strate­gic busi­ness devel­op­ment, he is the ide­al leader to expand B&R’s prof­itable growth, con­tin­u­ing B&R’s suc­cess­ful cus­tomer and inno­va­tion focus, while dri­ving our geo­graph­i­cal and port­fo­lio expansion.”

“I am hon­oured to have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to lead ABB’s Machine Automa­tion divi­sion and to con­tin­ue to build on B&R’s cus­tomer-focused cul­ture and strong lega­cy of inno­va­tion, togeth­er with our man­age­ment team. I am look­ing for­ward to work­ing with the team to write the next chap­ter of our suc­cess sto­ry together,”
said Joerg Theis.

The­is holds a diplo­ma in Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing from the FH Aachen, Ger­many. He is a Ger­man cit­i­zen, mar­ried and has two children.