As preannounced here on MacPlas Online (November 4, 2014), Gerd Liebig remained in the plastics sector and has recently joined Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery. On January 19, in fact, the latter company announced the appointment of Liebig as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) from April 1st 2015.

Starting from that date on, Gerd Liebig (53) will take over the full responsibility of all worldwide sales, after sales and marketing activities out of the company's headquarter in Schwaig. He is also leading the worldwide sales subsidiaries and representatives.

Most recently serving as group marketing director for the Austrian injection machine manufacturer Engel, Gerd Liebig has been engaged for 25 years in the injection moulding machinery business. Before joining the last position he spent 15 years at former Demag Plastics Group - now Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery - as marketing director and later Chief Strategic Officer.

In the new position Liebig will work hand in hand with Tetsuya Okamura (Chief Executive Officer of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag and senior vice president of Sumitomo Heavy Industries Japan) and Andreas Schramm (Chief Technical Officer) and will thus continue to drive ahead with guiding Sumitomo (SHI) Demag into a future position of global market leadership in the injection moulding business.