Dr Lorenz Zwingmann, 39, has been appointed managing director of Still GmbH, following the departure of Horst Peter Jäger on October 1.

Dr Zwingmann, who will take competency tests for finances, controlling, legal affairs and insurances, was formerly managing director of Philips GmbH.

A father of two, Dr Zwingmann studied economics at universities in Braunschweig and Göttingen. Mr Jäger, who joined Still in 1997, has taken up different tasks in the Linde group.