Apr 02, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. Homag Group's management board member in charge of production and materials management to date, Herbert Högemann, will focus on his role as managing director for these functions at Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme GmbH and step down from the Group management board as of September 30, 2012. He will be succeeded by Harald Becker-Ehmck who was appointed by the supervisory board at its meeting of March 22, 2012 as management board member in charge of production, materials management and affiliates effective July 1, 2012. Becker-Ehmck studied mechanical engineering and has many years of experience managing manufacturing facilities and international production networks in the automotive supplies industry including positions at the Dräxlmaier Group, Vilsbiburg, and Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart. “With Mr. Becker-Ehmck we were able to attract a proven expert for production processes as a new colleague who will drive forward the further development of our global value-added network, explained Dr. Markus Flik, CEO of the HOMAG Group AG. We look forward to working closely with Mr. Högemann also in his future position.” The management board member in charge of research and development to date, Achim Gauß, decided not to extend his contract, which expires at the end of 2012, in order to seek new professional challenges outside the Homag Group. The management board members Dr. Markus Flik and Jürgen Köppel will assume his tasks. “We would like to thank Mr. Gauß for his many years of successful work at the Homag Group. He has driven forward key innovations and built up valuable customer relationships and we wish Mr. Gauß all the best in his future career. We are convinced that the future management board team is very well prepared to take our Group forward on the way to profitable growth,” says the chairman of the supervisory board of Homag Group AG, Torsten Grede. Homag Group AG manufactures plant and machinery for the woodworking industry and cabinet makers.