Change of top management at Dürr in North America
In December, Mike Boss took over the lead of Dürr Systems, Inc. from Bruno Welsch, who moves on to pursue his career in Dürr’s German Senior Executive Management.
“I am delighted to welcome Mike Boss to our company. He has a high level of expertise in paint engineering and knows the automotive industry very well. He is well acquainted with Dürr from his time at Ford,” says Bruno Welsch, who will in his new position as Member of the Board of Dürr Systems AG be responsible for the worldwide activities of Dürr´s Paint and Final Assembly Systems division.
Mike Boss studied chemical engineering, holds an MBA in Business Administration and is an expert on the automotive industry. He began his professional career at the Ford Motor Company in 1988, where he held different management positions mainly in the paint area. These included Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Paint – Ontario Truck Plant, Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Body Construction – Kansas City, Paint Area Manager – Norfolk Assembly Plant, Paint Area Manager – Kansas City Assembly Plant, Manager – Paint Production Engineering and for the last 9 years he was Chief Engineer – Global Paint Engineering. The manager spent a total of 30 years at the Ford Motor Company. As CEO and president, Mike Boss will be responsible for Dürr Systems Inc.´s overall activities in the areas of Paint and Final Assembly, Application Technology and Clean Technology in North America.
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