Christian Stickl will become the new Managing Director of Kappa optronics GmbH, succeeding Jürgen Haese who, after 32 years of success with the company, will vacate the position on December 31, 2016 and join Kappa’s Advisory Board. Stickl, 56, possesses years of leadership experience with international companies such as HP, Sick, Fluke, Danaher and Testo.

Within the context of this corporate succession, Mr. Stickl represents both business model continuity and continuing systematic company development in a dynamic and very exciting environment. Stickl holds a graduate degree in electrical engineering and will be moving with his family from Freiburg in Breisgau.