Sep 27, 2004. /Lesprom Network/. The Supervisory Board of Voith Paper Verwaltungs (Administration) GmbH and Co. KG has appointed Alexander Wassermann as Executive Vice President of Voith Paper GmbH & Co. KG as of 1st October 2004. Alexander Wassermann was born on 26th October 1965. After his high school graduation, he studied process technology (special subject: paper and cellulose technology) at Graz University from 1985 to 1994. Already during his studies he gained practical experience in the paper industry, and he wrote his degree paper at Sulzer Escher Wyss in Ravensburg. After completing his studies, Wassermann joined Voith (formerly Sulzer Escher Wyss) in Ravensburg in 1994. In 1997, Wassermann changed to Voith in St. Pölten/Austria, where he started out as an engineer, followed by a position as manager of the process technology department and a job as sales engineer for the regions China, South-East Asia and Oceania. In 2003 he was appointed as head of the Project and Model Design Department of Voith Paper in Heidenheim. In his capacity as Executive Vice President, Alexander Wassermann will be responsible for the Corporate Division “Sales“ from 1st October 2004, which had been temporarily managed by the Chairman of the Management Board of Voith Paper GmbH & Co. KG, Kurt Brandauer. Voith Paper is a division of the Voith Group and one of the leading partners to the paper industry. More than one third of the world's paper production is manufactured on Voith Paper machines. Voith sets standards in paper technology, power transmission engineering, power generation and industrial services. Formed on January 1, 1867, it has a current workforce of approx. 24,000, sales of EUR 3.1 billion and over 180 locations worldwide, and is one of the largest family-owned enterprises in Europe.