Fried Klefenz, group president of Bosch Packaging Technology, has been re-elected chairman of the Verband Deutscher Maschinen und Anlagenbau (VDMA) food processing and packaging machinery division.
Bosch's packaging department trades with 116 companies, making it the most prominent member of the VDMA packaging association. It has about 28,500 employees, as well as machinery and equipment worth €6 billion.
The worldwide production of packaging machines in 2013 generated €30.3 billion. German companies dominate the international market and achieve an average of 87 per cent of their sales abroad.
The VDMA is among the largest industrial associations in Europe, and represents over 3,100 member companies in the engineering industry. It covers the entire engineering sector – everything from component manufacturers, machine builders, plant erectors, system suppliers and system integrators, to service providers. The VDMA is based in Frankfurt and has offices in Brussels and Berlin.
Elections take place every three years.
© 2014 European Supermarket Magazine – your source for the latest retail news. Article written by Peter Donnelly
