TRUMPF Photonic Components with new Managing Director

Ditzingen/Ulm, November 03, 2023 – The TRUMPF subsidiary Photonic Components will have a new Managing Director as of December 1, 2023. 58-year-old Dr. Thomas Harrer will take over the role from Dr. Berthold Schmidt, who has been managing the business in Ulm on an interim basis in addition to his duties as a member of the Management Board of TRUMPF SE + Co KG and CTO. Thomas Harrer began his career at TRUMPF in 1999 as an advisor to the Group Managing Director for Research and Development. After earning his doctorate in electrical engineering, he held various management positions within the TRUMPF Group. He is currently responsible for the Optical Systems Business Field and the Laser Application Center within the Laser Technology Division.

“I am very pleased that we were able to win Thomas Harrer for the management of TRUMPF Photonic Components. He brings with him a high level of technological expertise and has a very good network in the industry and within the TRUMPF Group,” says Berthold Schmidt, CTO of TRUMPF.

In his new role as Managing Director of TRUMPF Photonic Components, Dr. Thomas Harrer will continue to expand the VCSEL and photonics business and the technological know-how of the TRUMPF subsidiary.

TRUMPF Photonic Components has been part of the TRUMPF Group since 2019 and is a leading global supplier of VCSEL and photodiode solutions for consumer electronics, data communications, automotive, industrial sensors, and heating systems. Approximately 300 people are employed worldwide at the headquarters in Ulm and at the locations in Aachen, the Netherlands, China, Korea, Taiwan, and the USA.

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