Endress+Hauser AG. (1/27/23). "Press Release: Change at the Top of Analytik Jena. Ulrich Krauss Charts New Course; Oliver Klaeffling Set to Become Managing Director".

	Region	Jena
	Country	Germany
	Organisation	Analytik Jena GmbH
	Group	Endress+Hauser (Group)
	Organisation 2	Merck (DE) (Group)
	Product	analytical instrument
	Product 2	LIFE SCIENCES
	Person	Kläffling, Oliver (Endress+Hauser 202302– Managing Director of Analytik Jena before Head of Merck Innovation Center)

A change is taking place at the top at Analytik Jena. Managing Director Ulrich Krauss has decided to assume other responsibilities outside of Analytik Jena. The Endress+Hauser Group is therefore handing over the management of the subsidiary specializing in laboratory analysis to Oliver Klaeffling as of 1 February 2023.

Ulrich Krauss joined the Analytik Jena management team in 2015 and took over as managing director in 2016. “We would like to express our thanks to Mr Krauss for his commitment, in particular leading and overseeing the extensive reorganization processes at Analytik Jena, which contributed to the success of the Endress+Hauser Group,” said Matthias Altendorf, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group.

His successor, 53-year-old Oliver Klaeffling, studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Berlin’s school of technical chemistry. He has held various positions in Germany and the US for pharmaceutical company Merck since 2004. He was most recently head of the Merck Innovation Center in Darmstadt, Germany. “We are convinced that Mr Klaeffling will continue to grow and lead Analytik Jena into a solid future,” emphasized Matthias Altendorf.

Major investment in corporate development

Oliver Klaeffling will be supported by the existing five-member management team. Analytik Jena plays an important role toward Endress+Hauser’s strategic goal of supporting customers from the lab to production. The Group is currently investing 50 million euros in a modern company campus in Jena-Göschwitz, Germany; a new production facility is to be built in Ilmenau, Germany, at a cost of 27 million euros.

The Endress+Hauser Group

Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement and automation technology for process and laboratory applications. The family company, headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland, achieved net sales of approximately 2.9 billion euros in 2021 with a total workforce of more than 15,000.

Endress+Hauser devices, solutions and services are at home in many industries. Customers thus use them to gain valuable knowledge from their applications. This enables them to improve their products, work economically and at the same time protect people and the environment.

Endress+Hauser is a reliable partner worldwide. Its own sales companies in more than 50 countries as well as representatives in another 70 countries ensure competent support. Production facilities on four continents manufacture quickly and flexibly to the highest quality standards.

Endress+Hauser was founded in 1953 by Georg H Endress and Ludwig Hauser. Ever since, the company has been pushing ahead with the development and use of innovative technologies, now helping to shape the industry’s digital transformation. 8,600 patents and applications protect the Group’s intellectual property.

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Analytik Jena

Analytik Jena is a leading international supplier of high-performance analytical systems and solutions for the most urgent analytical problems in areas such as water and food quality control, environmental protection and healthcare. The company employs around 1,100 people worldwide.

For further information, please visit www.analytik-jena.com

Contact

Martin Raab
Group Media Spokesperson
Endress+Hauser AG
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Email martin.raab@endress.com
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Record changed: 2024-01-20