VDMA Textile Machinery Association has appointed Janpeter Horn, Managing Director, August Herzog Maschinenfabrik, as its new Chairperson with immediate effect. The appointment was made at the members’ meeting of the Association in Leonberg. Based in Oldenburg, Northern Germany, August Herzog Maschinenfabrik is a manufacturer of innovative braiding and winding machinery.

VDMA also appointed Regina Brückner, Managing Associate, Brückner Trockentechnik, and Verena Thies, Managing Shareholder, Thies Textilmaschinen, as Vice Chairpersons. Horn states, Both Brückner and Thies have been serving on the Executive Board of the VDMA Textile Machinery as well as the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers CEMATEX for many years. The newly appointed team of the Association is well prepared to effectively represent the interests of the industry at national and international level.