Karlheinz Kaske (April 19, 1928 in Essen – September 27, 1998) was a German

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and

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of the

Siemens AG Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the posit ...

from 1981 to 1992. Kaske studied

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RWTH Aachen RWTH Aachen University (), in German ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen'', is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study prog ...

and joined Siemens in 1950, when he became an engineer in the Siemens factory at

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. Later he was a

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for

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and he continued academic teaching during his following years in Siemens’ development department. In 1975, Kaske became a member of the

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and since 1977 he was director of the

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department. He succeeded Bernhard Plettner as CEO in 1981. He passed the office to Heinrich von Pierer in October 1992.

References

*''Shaping the Future. The Siemens Entrepreneurs 1847–2018.'' Ed. Siemens Historical Institute, Hamburg 2018, .

External links

Presidents and Chief Executive Officers of Siemens AG
1998 deaths 1928 births Engineers from Essen German electrical engineers People from the Rhine Province Siemens people RWTH Aachen University alumni Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich {{Germany-business-bio-stub