New CEO of Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh-Schwabe

9 September 2009 16.30 BST

(Germany) - Panasonic Electric Works – the holding company of Vossloh-Schwabe – has announced that from 1 October 2009, Klaus Breisch will take over as Chairman of the Board .

Having joined the Vossloh-Schwabe Group in the year 2000, Mr. Breisch was then appointed as the executive director of Vossloh-Schwabe Deutschland GmbH in 2001. In addition, Mr. Breisch has also made a successful contribution as a member of the management board of Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh-Schwabe GmbH during the past seven years.

Mr. Breisch will be taking over from Mr. Setsuo Mizusawa, who is moving on to other tasks within the group.

As a traditional company with over 90 years of experience in lighting technology, Vossloh-Schwabe numbers among the world’s market and technology leaders in this sector.

Vossloh-Schwabe is a member of the Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh-Schwabe Group. At present, the group operates with a total workforce of 1,200 employees in more than 20 countries. Furthermore, Vossloh-Schwabe is committed to a stringent eco-policy and consistently reducing CO2 emissions.
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