The Board of Directors of the Mould Technologies Group (MTG) with lead company SCHÖTTLI AG appointed Mr. Thomas Anderegg as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 October, 2012. He will succeed Martin Schöttli, who has managed SCHÖTTLI AG since he took over from his father in 1986 and spearheaded Mould Technologies Group since its establishment in 2008. Mr. Schöttli will remain with the company as a board member and will be available for special projects.
“Thomas Anderegg is a successful international executive with extensive experience in machine engineering and in the plastics industry”, Martin Schöttli emphasized. “I am pleased with his appointment, there is no doubt in my mind that he is the ideal candidate for managing the business operations of Mould Technologies Group and for successfully implementing their strategy. The board of managers and I wish him success.”
“Martin Schöttli has been managing SCHÖTTLI AG with outstanding success for over 25 years," Peter Gloor, chairman of the MTG board of directors, said. "After he took over the company from his father, he applied his entrepreneurial skill to turn it into a leading international manufacturer of high-performance injection moulds. His visionary spirit brought about the establishment of Mould Technologies Group. The MTG board of directors would like to thank Martin Schöttli for his out-standing achievement. At the same time, we are very pleased that Martin Schöttli found a strong successor. Thomas Anderegg will have the opportunity to advance the company using the strong base of MTG. In his endeavour, he has the full support of the board of directors.”
“Succeeding Martin Schöttli, who has been managing the company since he took over from his father, is a major responsibility”, Thomas Anderegg points out. “I am grateful to him and to the members of the board of directors for their confidence in my abilities. At the same time, I am looking forward to working with the excellent team from the MTG member companies. Our industry is faced with many challenges. I am looking forward to managing the company and I am convinced that both SCHÖTTLI and the Mould Technologies Group have a great future ahead of them.”
Thomas Anderegg holds a degree in machine engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) with a special focus on machine tool and manufacturing engineering as well as aerospace structural engineering and lightweight construction. After his graduation, Anderegg worked for renowned industrial companies in Switzerland and abroad. During his twenty years of professional experience, he held various executive positions with responsibility for management, sales and marketing, project planning, strategy development, IT and manufacturing. At present, Anderegg is a member of the executive Board of Netstal-Maschinen AG and Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, responsible for all five business units, the marketing department and the company’s affiliations and representations. Prior to his work for Netstal-Maschinen AG, Thomas Anderegg was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Corvaglia Closures AG.
