Uponor Corporation announced that Torsten Meier (M.Sc. (Mech. Eng.)) has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer.

He will begin his new role on January 1, 2023. Torsten will be based in Germany and report to Thomas Fuhr, Chief Technology Officer, Uponor Corporation. Torsten joins Uponor from Lixil Group where he has held various leadership roles also at its Grohe AG subsidiary since 2013.

Most recently, he served as leader of Research and Development Fittings of Lixil International. Prior to this, Torsten worked for 16 years at Mercedes-Benz and DaimlerChrysler where he led teams and improved processes in R&D, Quality Management, Product Engineering and Project Management.