Männedorf, Switzerland - June 11, 2014, Männedorf, Switzerland - The Tecan Group, a provider of laboratory instruments and solutions, announced that Ulrich Kanter has been appointed a member of the management board.
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As Head of the Development & Operations division, effective July 14, 2014, he will assume responsibility for development activities, production, supply chain management and materials purchasing at Tecan.
Martin Brusdeilins, who has headed this division since November 2011, will retire at the end of September 2014 and step down from the Management Board. Until this time, he will continue to act as Chief Scientific Officer, a position that he holds in addition to being Head of the division.
Mr. Kanter worked in various areas and held diverse positions with increasing management responsibility at Roche Diagnostics from 2000. He was General Manager and Head of Research & Development in Graz, Austria, from 2007, with responsibility for the entire value chain of blood gas and electrolyte analysis systems for this Roche division.
Prior to this, he managed the development of these systems as Senior Vice President Research & Development, and as Site Manager was responsible for management of the supply chain as well as all administrative matters at the Graz site.
From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Kanter was Vice President Operations and Global Supply Chain Manager at AVL Medizintechnik, with responsibility for optimizing the supply chain and production processes of this product division. Following the acquisition of AVL Medizintechnik by Roche Diagnostics, as Senior Vice President Global Operations and Site Manager, he was responsible for the integration of the Graz site as well as all business activities in the Roche Group.
Between 1987 and 1995, he worked for companies in the Heraeus Group, initially in production management at W.C. Heraeus. From 1989, he held a management role in production planning and production management at Heraeus Instruments, a manufacturer of laboratory equipment including cell incubators (now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific) and lighting systems for operating theaters. ■