The new Executive Board will be made up of Dr.-Ing. Uwe-Peter Weigmann, Speaker of the Board, and new members Dipl.- Ing. Jörg Eisele and Dipl.-Ing. Martin Mayer.

Jörg Eisele joined the company back in 2004. After successfully completing his degree in mechanical engineering, Eisele began his career at Wafios as an assistant to the Head of Design, where he focused on developing innovation management. Alongside his work, he studied for an MBA at the Technical University of Munich, which he completed in 2009. At Wafios, he then went on to lead the Tool Center and, later, the Technical Development department for various machine areas. Since 2017, he has been responsible for the entire Tube and Wire division, including the Technical Development, Sales and Commissioning departments for various  machines, such as spring coiling, wire bending, CNC tube bending, straightening, chain manufacturing and e-mobility machines. As of 2021, he also assumed overall responsibility for Sales at Wafios.

 Jörg Eisele: “I have known the company, the employees and the associated strengths for many years. Over this time, I have been able to actively drive forward the expansion of various businness areas. In addition to further developing conventional Wafios machine areas, a highlight for me has been to establish the new E-Mobility and Digital Services areas. My focus has always been on developing new products and technologies offering added value for our customers.”

 Martin Mayer joined Wafios AG in February 2023 and is responsible for the Tool Center and Mechanical Production. After successfully completing his degree in mechanical engineering, majoring in design and development, at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, he joined Nagel Maschinen- und Werkzeugfabrik GmbH in Nürtingen as a development engineer in 2007. Mayer left the company 15 years later as Technical Director. From 2021 to 2023, he was the founder of and partner in a recruitment consultancy before returning to the mechanical engineering sector.

 “Wafios excels as an innovative technology company in the field of wire and tube bending machines. To bring newly developed machine concepts to the market in the shortest possible time and ensure economical tool solutions for our customers, we will be building on flexible and high-performance production in future,” says Martin Mayer.

 Dr.-Ing. Uwe-Peter Weigmann studied forming technology at Technische Universität Berlin. During his doctoral studies, he worked with Prof. Dr. Günter Spur as a senior engineer in the field of manufacturing technology and machine tools and obtained a doctorate in the same area. He has been part of the Executive Board, heading up Engineering, since 2008. In 2012, he was appointed Speaker and broadened his remit to include HR. Weigmann assumed responsibility for Sales and Finance in 2017.

Faster response times with specialized divisions
The Supervisory Board made the following decision regarding how the duties were to be allocated among the members of the Executive Board: Dr.-Ing. Uwe-Peter Weigmann will continue to be Speaker of the Board and will be responsible for Development, IT, Finance, HR and Automation. Martin Mayer will take care of Mechanical Production, Assembly, Logistics, Quality Management and Purchasing, while Jörg Eisele will head the Sales, Marketing, Service and Legal departments. Dr.-Ing. Uwe-Peter Weigmann and Jörg Eisele will be jointly responsible for the new Spring, Tube, Wire, E-Mobility and Digital Services divisions. These business divisions incorporate customer-oriented functions such as sales, machine and tool design as well as commissioning of the corresponding products. “The new structure with the stated business divisions provides enhanced focus to enable us to respond quickly to customer-specific needs,” says Weigmann.

51 years at Wafios
After 51 years of service, Martin Holder is calling time on his career at Wafios and entering retirement. However, he will continue to support Wafios AG in an advisory capacity. Holder joined the company back in 1973 as a mechanics trainee. He spent two years working in Mechanical Production and then moved to EDP, now known as the IT department. His degree in business administration and business information systems and teamwork in a group have shaped him over the years and also influenced his way of working at the company. In 2009, Holder assumed the position on the Executive Board that he has held to this day.

“His actions have shaped the company on a long-term basis and his tireless dedication has been a driving force here. He led Wafios toward digitalization early on, making the company one of the first SAP customers, and is committed to a modern and digital working environment to this day. Now his well-earned retirement awaits. On behalf of Wafios AG, I would like to thank my colleague for his many years of service,” says Dr.-Ing. Uwe-Peter Weigmann, Speaker of the Board. “In Martin Mayer and Jörg Eisele, two experienced colleagues are assuming Martin Holder’s position.”

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