His role is to be multifaceted and includes taking care of global customers in this fast moving, highly competitive and demanding sector and supporting the regional sales team within their key account business. His role will also incorporate analysing emerging trends and markets within the industry such as software and networking convergence and the growing integration of robotics to extend automated production lines, then developing strategies to address them.
This work, combined with past experience will lead to supporting customers with the most efficient automation solutions based on Mitsubishi Electric systems. The aim is to increase productivity, volumes and flexibility, while supporting the customer to reach and keep their market leading position. Most of Mr. Schlüter's career has been in the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods automation sector working with well-known automation and motion control companies in technical, business development and management roles.
During his time as a research and development engineer he worked on automation projects for a prepress, print and packaging machine supplier, where he gained extensive and valuable technical knowledge.