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Harald Boysen and his marketing team at Allianz Lebensversicherung (a German life insurance subsidiary) were ranked among the top 10 most market-oriented companies in a survey conducted by BBDO Consulting and the University of Bremen. This "Best Marketing Company" survey was conducted among 280 publicly traded companies in Germany.

Since April 1, Carlos Ihlenfeld has joined the strategic planning team of Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart and beginning in May, he will move to Farmington Hills, Mich., as director of long-term planning for Robert Bosch LLC in the U.S. Besides strategy development, he will also be in charge of strategic merger and acquisition activities and restructuring of operations of Robert Bosch in the Americas (North and South). For the time being, in light of the current market situation (particularly in the automotive industry), there will be a lot to do over there.

As already mentioned in the last edition, after many years of working in the automotive industry, Jesus Lopez decided to run his own company by acquiring a traditional machinery manufacturer specializing in the nonwoven industry in July 2007. To better emphasize the future, the company, Edelmann Maschinen, was renamed Edelmann Technology. Now, presenting all-new developments with breakthrough innovation at the INDEX08 in April, the company is able to shake up the winding and slitting technology for the nonwoven industry.

After heading the strategic development department of Infraserv GmbH & Co. Hšchst KG, Jochen Schmidt has been appointed CEO of Infraserv Logistics GmbH, a 100 percent subsidiary of Infraserv. Infraserv Logistics is a full-service logistics provider servicing mainly the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and process industries at Industriepark Hšchst and nine other locations in Germany. Infraserv Logistics generates annual sales of EUR 95 million, with nearly 700 employees.

But the true promotion of Jochen and wife Pilar took place March 14, with the birth of their son, Tobias Julian.