Oliver Friz succeeds John Emholz, who, alongside his duties as President & CEO of the Messer Cutting Systems Group, had, as an interim measure, led the businesses in Europe since July 2017. With his appointment Friz now takes over responsibility for Messer Cutting Systems GmbH Europa with the company headquarters in Groß-Umstadt, the Service Centre in Essen and the European national companies of Messer Cutting Systems GmbH.
Combined competencies at a high level
After completing his engineering studies with a diploma and obtaining a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Oliver Friz worked at a medium sized engineering company. His career there progressed from Sales Engineer through Sales Manager to finish as Managing Director. Over the years he gained much further experience in various management positions, including at ARKU Maschinenbau GmbH. The connection to Messer Cutting-business fields came from his position as Divisional Manager in der Bystronic group and as Managing Director of Bystronic Germany.
“With his combination of technical and commercial competencies, Oliver Friz has the perfect prerequisites for his future tasks at Messer Cutting Systems. 20 years international experience in the branch, as well as a well-developed strategic business sense, complete the picture. We welcome Oliver Friz warmly to Messer Cutting Systems and wish him much success in his new position”, said John Emholz, President & CEO Messer Cutting Systems Group.
Messer Cutting Systems is a global supplier of cutting edge technology for the metalworking industry. As market leader in this branch, we supply complete solutions and concentrate strategically on advising our customers and customer oriented innovation. Here, the focus is in particular on the digitalisation of processes and products. Messer Cutting Systems is represented with more than 900 employees in 5 main locations with production facilities and in more than 50 countries.
Our product range includes oxyfuel, plasma and laser cutting systems form hand guided machines right up to special machines for shipbuilding as well as machines and equipment for oxyfuel welding, cutting, brazing, soldering and heating. Spare parts, repairs, modernisation, maintenance and service as well as environmental technology round out the product portfolio. In-house software solutions optimise production and business processes. The product range is extended by solutions from technology partners, for example in the field of automation.
We support our customers as a competent partner with over 100 years of worldwide know-how.
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