Andreas Pawelzig is the new joint managing director of WAFIOS Umformtechnik GmbH.

Pawelzig succeeds Jutta Leib, who retired after 30 years – including 20 as managing director.

WAFIOS dates its founding to 1893 when it produced a manual chain link fencing machine.  Today Wuppertal, Germany-based WAFIOS provides parts forming makers, tool design and manufacturing and has subsidiaries and sales agents in 30 countries.  Web: Wafios-Umformtechnik.de

The North American WAFIOS Machinery Corp. is headed by managing director Markus Arnold and is based in Connecticut.  Web: Wafios.us