Seasoned, international ABB leader to head ABB’s Machine Automation Division

ABB has appoint­ed Joerg The­is as Pres­i­dent of ABB’s Machine Automa­tion Divi­sion (B&R), effec­tive April 1, 2021. He suc­ceeds Clemens Sager, who man­aged the divi­sion ad inter­im since Jan­u­ary 1, 2021.
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.
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ABB Robot­ics & Dis­crete Automa­tion is a pio­neer in robot­ics, machine automa­tion and dig­i­tal ser­vices, pro­vid­ing inno­v­a­tive solu­tions for a diverse range of indus­tries, from auto­mo­tive to elec­tron­ics to logis­tics. As one of the world’s lead­ing robot­ics and machine automa­tion sup­pli­ers, we have shipped more than 500,000 robot solu­tions. We help our cus­tomers of all sizes to increase pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, flex­i­bil­i­ty and sim­plic­i­ty and to improve out­put qual­i­ty. We sup­port their tran­si­tion towards the con­nect­ed and col­lab­o­ra­tive fac­to­ry of the future. ABB Robot­ics & Dis­crete Automa­tion employs more than 10,000 peo­ple at over 100 loca­tions in more than 53 coun­tries. www.abb.com/robotics