

Celia Pelaz takes over the position of CEO Defence & New Space at Schaeffler on October 1, 2026 and becomes Chairwoman of the Management Board of Stech Defence GmbH.

Rainer Brehm, who previously served as COO of the automation business and CTO of Digital Industries, was appointed president of the new unit.

Through this cooperation, Laser 2000 is expanding its portfolio in the areas of machine vision, metrology and smart sensor technologies.

In the 2025 financial year, the export-oriented Engineering segment of Indus Holding generated sales of EUR 583 million, slightly below the previous year (EUR 596.7 million).

According to the VDMA Machine Vision department, sales are expected to increase by around 3%, following a decline of 2% in 2025.