Dr. Hans Rinnhofer (45) has taken office as Chairman of the Board of Otto Junker GmbH
"With Dr. Rinnhofer we have enlisted a proven expert in the technology areas of our group of companies. Based on sound understanding of markets and products as well as his extensive international experience, he will provide valuable new impetus for our company's future development", says the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Mr. Klaus K. Moll.
Hans Rinnhofer studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Vienna and obtained his PHD in 2001 while in professional employment. He started his industrial career in 1989 in the liquid metal sector. After serving four years as Managing Director of a Voest Alpine Group company in Sydney, Australia, he joined the RHI Group in 1997 where he held various executive positions including Managing Director of Maerz Gautschi Industrieofenanlagen GmbH based in Düsseldorf, Germany. From 2006 to 2008, Hans Rinnhofer headed Austria's largest non-university research enterprise, Austrian Research Centers GmbH in Vienna, as Chairman of the Board.
Furthermore Hans Rinnhofer lectures industrial furnace technology at the University of Leoben in Austria.
"I'm looking forward to taking up my position as Chairman of the Board of the Otto Junker Group and to contribute to the group's further economic and technological success", says Dr. Hans Rinnhofer.
The Otto Junker Group is a global leader in the field of complex industrial furnace equipment for foundry and thermal processing technologies.
