KBA Appoints Michael Kummert Its new Head of Production

Kummert was recruited from global roller-bearing manufacturer SKF in Schweinfurt, Germany, which he joined in 1990 after earning an engineering degree at the technical university in Karlsruhe, majoring in production technology.

Employed at a number of locations during his carrer, Kummert successfully reorganised manufacturing processes and restructuring production plants in various capacities (head of industrial engineering; manufacturing, plant and site manager head of manufacturing and process development). His last appointment was in Schweinfurt, as head of a new business unit for large and taper roller bearings with a workforce of around 1,000. Michael Kummert is married with one son.