The Tecan Group announced that the Company will strengthen its global Development and Operations organizations. To continue to drive Tecan’s leading innovation capabilities, Dr. Wael Yared has been appointed as CTO and Head Research & Development and a member of the Management Board of the Tecan Group. He will assume his position by no later than August 1, 2019. Ulrich Kanter, a member of the Management Board since July 2014, will continue to lead the Operations division, as Head of Operations and IT with increased responsibilities and an extended scope. Ulrich Kanter, Executive Vice President and Member of the Management Board, will continue to lead the Operations division with responsibility for all manufacturing sites globally. He will also lead the integration efforts of the recently announced acquisition of a long-term supplier to vertically integrate the manufacturing of critical precision-machined parts. Once this transaction is successfully completed, two additional manufacturing sites will become part of Tecan, one in California, USA, and a second site in Vietnam. Additionally, Ulrich Kanter has taken over the leadership for global IT infrastructure and development at Tecan. To accelerate a further key initiative, he will also lead Tecan´s infrastructure roadmap into digitalization and laboratory connectivity to create value both for the Company’s production sites as well as advancing connectivity and productivity for Tecan’s customers.