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Davis-Standard appoints chief information officer Davis-Standard, a designer, developer and distributor of extrusion and converting technology, has announced that Christian Eidt has been appointed chief information officer. In his new role, Mr Eidt will be an integral part of the company’s senior management team, charged with technology platforms as powerful busi ness enablers.”

Mr Eidt moves to Davis-Standard from FactSet Research Systems, a specialist in financial data and software, where he was senior vice president of strategic planning and business transformation with a focus on product configuration, pricing, quoting, customer sales contract management and new reporting capabilities. He also has 25 years of experience in the media and advertising industry, serving in multiple finance and technology roles within CBS Corporation and as CIO at Outfront Media. He is a graduate of the Boston College Carroll School of Management. Davis-Standard, LLC www.davis-standard.com which he describes as “to this day, my most important decision.”The first foreign subsidiary was founded in France in 1979. In 2015, Mr Harting handed over operational responsibility to his son Philip (CEO) and Maresa Harting-Hertz (finance, purchasing and facility management director). However, he did not sit back and take things easy, and maintained his regular place of work in his office at the company headquarters in Espelkamp, Germany. In addition to steering the course of his own business, Mr Harting has been involved in the work and development of international standards organisations, and technology and business associations, in roles such as president of the Deutsches Institut für Normung eV (DIN), at the Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie eV (ZVEI), as deputy chair of the supervisory board of Deutsche Messe AG, and as a member of the technology and research councils set up by Federal Chancellors Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel. He has received awards and honours for his outstanding commitment, among them the German Federal Cross of Merit 1 st Class, an honorary doctorate from the Leibniz University Hanover, and the Erich Gutenberg Prize. He has also been made an honorary citizen of the city of Espelkamp. Harting Stiftung & Co KG www.harting.com

transforming IT capabilities as Davis Standard moves toward an increasingly digital and data-enabled industrial environment.

Christian Eidt

He will be responsible for IT strategy, corporate systems, data and analytics, and cyber security. “Chris brings a high level of strategic IT leadership and digital transformation exper tise to our team,” said Giovanni Spitale, Davis-Standard’s chief executive officer. “We look forward to him directing this new area of focus as we take advantage of systems and

Senior manager is longest-serving employee This year marks the 55 th anniversary of Dietmar Harting starting work at the business founded by his parents, and he has no interest in retiring. “An entrepreneur remains an entrepreneur, until the very end,” he said. Mr Harting joined the company in 1967, after graduating from business school, to take responsibility for the business, initially with his mother; later with his brother (who died at an early age); and since 1987 with his wife, Margrit. In those days, the company was one of the smaller players in the technology sector, with barely 1,000 employees.

In celebrating his “golden anniversary plus”, the senior manager at the helm of the Harting Technology Group is now the longest-serving employee of the family business.

Ten years after joining the company, Mr Hartingdecided to expand internationally,

Dr Michael Pütz (right) and Margrit Harting congratulate Dietmar Harting on his long-service milestone

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