Hartkämper takes over at Kautex helm

Thomas Hartkämper has officially taken over from Dr Olaf Weiland as chief executive of Kautex Maschinenbau, with the latter joining the company’s advisory board. Weiland, who has occupied the role since 2005, brought 50-year-old Hartkämper into the company last October as the preferred candidate to be his successor. He had also put a succession plan…