Minebea Intec Announces New Management Team
Minebea Intec, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of weighing and inspection technologies, announced a new management team. Dr. Karl Sommer took over the position of CEO at Minebea Intec, Peter Grimley assumed the duties of Chief Project Officer (CPO), and Munetaka Nakazawa the duties of Chief Operation Officer (COO).
Dr. Sommer joined the company in 2020 and has since served as COO at Minebea Intec. Previously, Dr. Sommer worked at the private equity investor Aurelius Group as a member of the Operations Practice. Here he acted as Managing Director of the Aurelius portfolio company LD Didactic Group in Hürth. He also gained several years of experience in the automotive industry in various positions and responsibilities within the Schaeffler Group. Dr. Sommer began his career as a research assistant at the university in parallel to his doctorate.
Peter Grimley brings over 30 years of experience in the industrial weighing and inspection industry and will strategically drive the business development, product management and marketing divisions. With Munetaka Nakazawa as COO, Minebea Intec will intensify cooperation with the MinebeaMitsumi Group and increase its production capacity worldwide by exploiting valuable synergies.
The company focuses on smart and locally adapted weighing and inspection solutions that ensure increased efficiency in production as well as the highest product quality. In his new role as CEO of Minebea Intec, Dr. Karl Sommer has clear goals. „Our clear ambition is to continue our successful growth course with our great team in the coming years,” says Dr. Sommer. „We will focus even more on our customers’ needs and expand our market share in existing markets with existing and new highly innovative products, as well as targeting new markets.“
The MinebeaMitsumi Group is a Japanese corporation with over 85,000 employees worldwide with headquarters in Tokyo. The company is active in various industries and produces, among other things, high-precision manufacturing parts such as ball bearings or motors. Dr. Sommer’s predecessor in the position of CEO at Minebea Intec, Hidenori Shimosako, will take a leading position with the parent company after three years of successful management in Germany.