KATEK SE announced that Katrin Fricke will take over the role of Managing Director at KATEK's Grassau site on September 1, 2022. With Katrin Fricke, KATEK has gained a highly experienced manager with a strong focus on the electronics industry. She was most recently Director Corporate Strategy & Digitalization at Diehl Controls, and before that worked for many years as Production Director, Head of Logistics, as well as in other leading positions in operations at various industrial companies.

She studied mechanical engineering with a focus on production. This makes her the ideal successor to Robert Both, who will be taking on other responsibilities within the KATEK Group.