Boss: Mike Boss
Group: (l-r) Bruno Welsch, now Member of the Board of Dürr Systems AG in Germany responsible for Dürr's Paint and Final Assembly Systems activities worldwide; Mike Boss, new President and CEO Dürr Systems, Inc.; and Dr. Jochen Weyrauch, member of the Board of Management of Dürr AG and CEO of Dürr Systems AG in Germany
Mike Boss has been named President and CEO of Dürr Systems, Inc., replacing Bruno Welsch, who will continue 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," said 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.
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 nine years he was Chief Engineer - Global Paint Engineering.
As CEO and President, 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.
In response to Bruno Welsch's transfer from the U.S. to Germany, Dr. Jochen Weyrauch, Member of the Board of Management of Dürr AG and CEO of Dürr Systems AG said, "Bruno Welsch has contributed a great deal to the positive development of Dürr Systems, Inc. in the last 10 years he was in this position. He has efficiently organized the company after the world economic crisis in 2009, and helped to shape Dürr's strategic development and positioning. Under his direction, Dürr has gained an excellent reputation in the North American market."
Bruno Welsch started his career with Dürr in 1996 in electrical hardware design and software development and worked his way up holding different management positions in Korea, Malaysia and Mexico before he took the lead in North America.
For more information contact:
Dürr Systems, Inc.
26801 Northwestern Highway
Southfield, MI 48033
248-450-2000
www.durr.com