Change at Endress+Hauser Liquid Analysis

Dr Thomas Buer will become the new managing director of Endress+Hauser Liquid Analysis on 1 October 2024. He succeeds Dr Manfred Jagiella, who is retiring at the end of September after 17 years at the helm of the competence center for liquid analysis.

Manfred Jagiella joined Endress+Hauser as managing director at the beginning of 2007 and since then has developed the competence center for liquid analysis into a sustainably growing and profitable company. During this time, the number of employees has tripled to over 1,300 worldwide and turnover has increased even more.

Endress+Hauser Liquid Analysis has won various innovation prizes and other awards, ranked first in Germany several times as an exemplary employer and was recently even honored as one of the best employers worldwide. Since 2016, Manfred Jagiella has also been valued as a committed member of the Executive Board of the Endress+Hauser Group. In September of this year, Dr Manfred Jagiella will turn 65 and then embark on a new chapter in his life.

“Dr Manfred Jagiella has played a key role in making Endress+Hauser one of the world’s leading providers of liquid analysis today,” emphasizes Dr Peter Selders, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group. “We would like to thank him for his many years of dedicated service to our company and his contribution to the success of the Group. We wish him all the best and good health for the next phase of his life.”

Successor Dr Thomas Buer moves from Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions to Endress+Hauser Liquid Analysis. The 55-year-old manager studied mechanical/process engineering at the Technical University of Aachen and has extensive international experience in the water and environmental technology sector. In professional roles in Germany, Canada, the USA and France, he successfully managed global business units and drove innovative technologies forward.

“In Dr Thomas Buer, we have found an experienced managing director for our competence center for liquid analysis. His broad expertise and international experience will help him to further develop Endress+Hauser Liquid Analysis together with the proven management team,” says Dr Andreas Mayr, COO of the Endress+Hauser Group. To ensure a smooth transition, Thomas Buer will start at Endress+Hauser on 1 August 2024.

Manfred Jagiella’s responsibilities on the Executive Board of the Endress+Hauser Group will be assumed by other members of this body from October.