In his new position, he will focus on VMI's commercial and R&D activities, while at the same time taking responsibility for all business matters for the VMI branches in Europe, Russia, USA, Brazil, China, and Malaysia. He succeeds J. J. (Coos) Spanjer who held this position since 1992 and has been appointed as CEO of the Industrial Manufacturing Division of TKH, which includes the VMI Group. VMI is based in Epe, the Netherlands, and is a supplier of equipment to the rubber and tyre industry.