Rieter appoints Christian Straubhaar as head of sales

Christian Straubhaar
will take on the position as Senior Vice President, Sales, Rieter Machines
& Systems on 1, January, 2021. Straubhaar will succeed Reto Thom, who will
retire.

Christian Straubhaar
holds an engineering master’s degree in industrial management from the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) and is a sales executive with
20 years of extensive experience in the textile industry. Recently, Straubhaar was
responsible as Group Sales and Marketing Director at Itema for the world-wide
sales of machines and spare parts. Prior to this, he held various positions in
Operations and as Business Unit Head in Itema and other global textile
companies.

His professional
career shows a solid track record in identifying new market potentials and
growing the business for the company. Straubhaar has a longstanding experience
in selling to both large and small customers and developing key accounts within
our industry.

Reto Thom has very
successfully lead the sales department at Rieter Machines & Systems for
many years and made an enormous contribution to the success of the company.