Frankfurt. The general meeting of the VDMA association elected Mr. Michael Ludden, CEO  of the LM-GROUP, as the new chairman of the VDMA Waste and Recycling Technology for the 4 years to come. Today, the VDMA association represents more than 3,200 companies of the small and medium-sized mechanical and plant engineering sector. After a timeout of 4 years, Mr. Michael Ludden was again elected chairman of the largest network organisation of the European mechanical engineering companies for the next term on 27 June 2019. Mr. Ferdinand Doppstadt, managing partner of the Doppstadt Holding from Velbert, is his representative. 

The executive board is completed by Mrs. Valerie Degenhardt, member of the management of the Martin GmbH for energy engineering in Munich, Mr. Benedikt Preker, Managing Director of the Lambda GmbH für Gastechnik in Herten, Mr. Werner Herbold, Managing Director of the Herbold Meckesheim GmbH in Meckesheim, Mr. Peter Funke, Managing Director of the Steiner Group in Cologne. The next elections for the executive board will take place in 2022.