The Managing Board

Dr.-Ing.
Joachim Schönbeck
Business Area SMS Meer
January 30, 1964   Born in Bonn / Germany
1984 – 1989   Studied engineering at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen / Germany and Massachusetts Institute of Technology / USA
1992   Doctor of Engineering at Technische Universität (TU) Berlin
1989   Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology at TU Berlin
1993   Mannesmann Demag AG, Duisburg / Germany
Various in positions in Sales and Technology,
most recent position: Spokesperson of the management
of the Casting and Hot Rolling Division
2000   SMS Demag AG, Düsseldorf / Germany
Executive Vice-President, Continuous Casting Technology Division
2001   Siemens AG, Munich / Germany
Head of the Material Handling Automation Europe Division
Since October 2004   President and CEO of SMS Meer GmbH, Mönchengladbach / Germany
  Member of the Managing Board of SMS Holding GmbH, Düsseldorf / Germany