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CEO of PFISTERER appointed as Chairman of the CIGRE Study Committee „Overhead Lines“
Soon to be the “most prominent constructor
of overhead lines” in the world
There have been some good news recently from the CIGRE headquarters
in Paris. The Administrative Council of the leading worldwide
Organization on Electric Power Systems appointed Dr. Konstantin O.
Papailiou, CEO of PFISTERER Group, as Chairman of the Study Committee
B2 (Overhead Lines).
CIGRE is one if not the most respected
international professional association
involved in all aspects of technology for
electric power. And so it is of major importance
for the PFISTERER Group to be
represented in CIGRE at the frontier of
developments in this field. Active participation
in the Study Committees and
Working Groups offers to international
companies like PFISTERER a forum to
present their own research work and to
share their experiences with others.
In this sense Papailiou supports the active
engagement of Dr. Frank Schmuck, a
further member of the PFISTERER Group,
as Convenor of Working Group B2.21 (Insulators).
Papailiou, himself a member of
the Study Committee B2, has contributed
to the Working Group „Mechanical Properties
of Conductors and Fittings“ as its
Convenor.
„CIGRE and Overhead Lines have been
since many years an important part of
my life and it is for me a great challenge
to be able to shape Cigre‘s SC B2 future as
its Chairman“, said the CEO of PFISTERER
Group, pleased about this honourable
nomination. André Merlin, President of
CIGRE, congratulated him in a personal
letter and thanked him for his commitment
and dedication to CIGRE in the
role of a Study Committee Chairman. His
term of office will start in August 2010 on
the occasion of the next CIGRE Session in
Paris.
Brigitte Senn
New management / restructuring at PFISTERER Eastern Europe
With experience of and passion
for the Eastern European market
Peter Feldhofer has taken over as Managing Director of PFISTERER
Ges.m.b.H in Vienna. Piotr Matczak was appointed Managing Director
of PFISTERER Sp. z.o.o. in Poland.
Peter Feldhofer took over as Managing Director
of PFISTERER Austria on 1 September
2009. He also heads the sales company
Kereskedelmi Kft. in Hungary as well
as the RepOffice in Czech Republic. The
qualified electrical engineer gained his
superior knowledge of the industry in his
years as Manager at Rockwell Automation
and before that at Elin Transformatoren
GmbH.
Piotr Matczak, very successful in his role
as Sales Director for our Polish company
in Ozarów Mazowiecki (since September
2004), took over as its Managing Director
in May 2009. At 32, Piotr Matczak becomes
the youngest Managing Director in
the PFISTERER Group.
Many congratulations to both of our colleagues
and we wish them further success
in their new roles.
2 / 2009 CONNECT 12
CIGRE
CIGRE (Conseil International des Grands
Réseaux Électriques, engl. International
Council on Large Electric Systems) is the
world’s biggest organisation on electric
power systems and counts more than
6000 members from utilities, industry
and science. CIGRE’s activities are split into
16 areas of technology, each under the responsibility
of a Study Committee, which
is coordinating the studies in their fi eld.
All Study Committees are represented by
their respective Chairman in the Technical
Committee, presently presided by Prof.
Klaus Fröhlich from ETH Zurich.
For more information:
www.cigre.org
PUBLISHERS DETAILS
Company magazine of the PFISTERER companies in Switzerland
and South Africa, including the group division (CoC)
Overhead Lines
17th year of publication – No. 2/2009 – published twice a year
Circulation: 1600/900 copies german/english
Coordination: Barbara Simeon, PFISTERER SEFAG AG,
Werkstrasse 7, CH-6102 Malters, Tel. ++41 41 499 74 79,
Fax ++41 41 499 74 26, barbara.simeon@sefag.ch
Photos: Melanie Amstad
Editorial/Layout: Brigitte Senn, www.amk.ch
Printed by: Engelberger Druck AG
Peter Feldhofer (left) and Piotr Matczak, the two new
Managing Directors at PFISTERER companies in Austria
and Poland.