Urs Kaufmann

Chief Executive Officer

Born 1962, Swiss citizen, dipl. Ing. ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich. Senior Executive Program IMD. 1987 to 1993 project manager, production manager and head of sales at Zellweger Uster AG, in Uster and the USA. Joined HUBER+SUHNER in 1994. 1994 to 1997 Managing Director of Henry Berchtold AG, a subsidiary of HUBER+SUHNER AG. 1997 to 2000 division head and member of management board of HUBER+SUHNER AG; since 2001 member of Executive Group Management and since 2002 CEO. Member of the Board of Directors of Gurit Holding AG and of Mueller Martini Holding AG. Member of the Management Committee of SWISSMEM.