Change of management at abberior instruments
Meiko Fiedler takes over as CEO
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abberior instruments GmbH CEO Dr. Thorsten Staudt hands over his position to Meiko Fiedler. “I am convinced that Meiko Fiedler will continue along the path laid out by Thorsten Staudt and lead the company safely and with foresight through the phase ahead, despite the current uncertainties on the global market,” emphasizes Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Stefan Hell, from whose department at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germany, abberior instruments was spun off.
Industrial engineer Fiedler previously held various management positions in national and international companies. He has extensive experience in managing medium-sized companies and brings with him many years of expertise in the optical industry, including his work as production and plant manager at LINOS in Göttingen and at SwissOptic AG in Switzerland.
Thorsten Staudt took over as the company’s CEO in January 2025 during a challenging phase in the global market. He is now resigning for personal reasons.
On behalf of all shareholders, Hell expresses his thanks to Staudt: “Thorsten Staudt has led abberior instruments with a high professional competence, strategic vision, and great personal commitment. He has set the course for the company’s further development and orientation. We would like to express our sincere thanks for his extraordinary commitment and regret his departure very much.”
“I am looking forward to the challenge of further developing abberior instruments as a global innovation leader,” says Fiedler. “Together with all employees, I want to further expand our technological leadership. abberior instruments has the best prerequisites for this – in terms of technology, people, and strategy.”
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