Dr. Laura Dorfer will take over as Managing Director of the VDMA Valves Association at the beginning of April 2023. She will succeed Wolfgang Burchard, who is retiring. “Whether in the networked factory or in smart, energy-efficient building technology – the valve industry will continue to play an important role as an equipment supplier and technology provider in the future,” Dorfer emphasized on the occasion of her appointment. “I look forward to accompanying the valve companies in the coming years as they master the market challenges and continue to position themselves for the future.”
After completing her doctorate in business administration at the University of Siegen, Dr. Laura Dorfer has been responsible for the strategic establishment and successful further development of the VDMA Startup-Machine as project manager since February 2018. Together with her team, she has developed and marketed products and services for targeted networking and initiation of cooperation between companies and solution providers from the startup scene for member companies of the VDMA. In the future, she will contribute her networking strength, her market strategy orientation, and her intuition for customer-centric products of tomorrow’s association world to the further development of the Valves association.
