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Dobner_115px.jpg Dr. Mathias Dobner
CEO
Mathias Dobner is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gottwald Port Technology. After having completed his PhD in mechanical engineering in 1996, he joined the Port Automation Division of Mannesmann Dematic Gottwald in 1996 and was named Head of Systems Development in 1998. In July 2004, he was appointed Chief Technical Officer (CTO). On 23 June 2006, Dr. Mathias Dobner became CEO of Gottwald Port Technology and is the sole member of the Executive Board.

Mathias Dobner took his PhD at the leading ISF Welding and Joining Institute of the University of Engineering and Applied Science in Aachen. As Head of Systems Development at Gottwald, he realised early how the principles of automated welding could also be applied to new industrial areas like robotics and Automated Guided Vehicles. When working on customer-orientated solutions at Gottwald Port Technology today, he encourages his teams to always take a wider and totally systematic approach and to examine the possibility of applying other industrial applications to the ports industry. Mathias Dobner regards a thorough understanding of the multitude of interfaces, environmental influences and material flow requirements in a terminal as crucial for successful, efficient and effective port system solutions.


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