SARTORIUS AG Goettingen, June 19, 2015 - At its most recent general meeting, the European Committee of Weighing Instrument Manufacturers, known by its French name "Comité Européen des Constructeurs d'Instruments de Pesage" (CECIP), elected Karlheinz Banholzer the new president of the Legal Metrology Group (LMG). Banholzer, who works at Sartorius, is thus succeeding metrologist specialist Mrs. Veronika Martens, who has been LMG President since 2008 and is now leaving this committee as she has reached retirement age.
The Legal Metrology Group headed by weighing expert Banholzer is composed of specialists from all over Europe and deals with the legal requirements and regulations of European metrology, among other topics. These requirements are important to suppliers in order to obtain market approval of their weighing instruments. In addition, LMG supports international metrology institutes, such as the International Organization of Legal Metrology ("Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale," abbreviated as OIML) and the European Cooperation in Legal Metrology (WELMEC) in drafting general weighing technology standards.
Mr. Banholzer, who earned a university degree in precision engineering, has been a member of the LMG since 2012 and has been working for Sartorius since 2005. Already in September 2013, he took over at the helm of the Metrology Center of Sartorius AG from Mrs. Martens. "I look forward to working together constructively with the Legal Metrology Group and to exciting challenges, such as establishing new software solutions for verified equipment based on the industry standard 4.0," said metrology expert Banholzer.
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