New IHK President | Dr. Heike Wenzel was elected to head the board
The IHK Aschaffenburg has a new president. At its constituent meeting on Thursday, 17 February in Martinushaus Aschaffenburg, the new plenary assembly elected Dr Heike Wenzel to head the body. The 50-year-old Managing Director of WENZEL metrology GmbH, Heigenbrü;;cken, succeeds Friedbert Eder, who did not stand for re-election to the Assembly. Friedbert Eder had been IHK President since 2014. He continues to be an honorary member of the IHK plenary assembly.
In his last meeting as IHK President, Eder thanked the plenary assembly for its trust and good cooperation. ";;A chamber is only as good and efficient as the sum of all committees, groups and functionaries within the IHK,";; he emphasised. He praised the perfect cooperation, which had made it easy for him and the previous presidium members to represent the Chamber to the outside world.
At the constituent meeting, the General Assembly also elected the Presidium for the legislative period 2022-2026. The two Vice Presidents Jö;;rg Reinmuth and Frank Schlottke were confirmed in office. New members of the Presidium are Gerald Breunig, Jü;;rgen Schä;;fer, Vanessa Weber and Thomas Zenglein. Horst Michaels and Martin Suffel are Honorary Presidents of the General Assembly.
The topics of securing skilled labour, strengthening the Bavarian Lower Main business location and the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region will continue to be on the agenda of the Aschaffenburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the future. IHK President Dr Wenzel announced that climate protection and sustainability will be given even greater focus. ";;Many companies are already committed to sustainable business. We will support the economy in the Bavarian Lower Main region on this path and, as an organisation of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, also advocate competitive location conditions for our companies. This includes faster planning and approval procedures as well as internationally competitive energy prices,";; she emphasised.
Around 29,000 eligible voters were called upon in November and December last year to elect the Assembly for the five-year term from 2022 to 2026. Of the 55 members of the newly elected Assembly, 26 are members of the ";;Parliament of the Regional Economy";; for the first time. Claus Jä;;ger, Spokesman of the Board of Raiffeisen-Volksbank Aschaffenburg eG, Aschaffenburg was elected at the constituent meeting.
About WENZEL
The WENZEL Group is one of the leading suppliers in the field of industrial metrology and styling solutions. WENZEL’s product portfolio includes coordinate and gear measuring machines with tactile and optical sensors, multi-sensor systems, optical high speed scanning and 3D X-ray measuring technology based on computer tomography. In addition to these systems WENZEL also offers comprehensive metrology software, which is used by many thousands of users for the measurement and analysis of parts. WENZEL´;;s measuring solutions are used in various industries, including the automotive sector, aerospace, power generation and medical devices. Our solutions also support reverse engineering, inspection, and analysis for a variety of fields including power generation, vehicle electrification, and additive manufacturing. Over the years WENZEL has installed more than 10,000 machines worldwide. Subsidiaries and agencies in more than 50 countries support the sales and ensure the after sales service for our customers. The WENZEL Group employs more than 600 people worldwide.
