Brookfield Engineering Laboratories has appointed Gerhard Baumann as Managing Director for its German headquarters in Lorch, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. Located near Stuttgart, this office manages all sales and service for Brookfield's laboratory customers in Germany. Sales offices are located in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Dresden, in addition to the main office in Lorch.
Baumann takes responsibility for the full line of Brookfield laboratory instruments including viscometers, rheometers, circulating water baths, texture analysers and powder flow testers.
He brings extensive experience in the instrumentation field with various German corporations to the Brookfield team. He started out as a Laboratory Assistant at Hoechst. He has since worked for various companies in the chemical industry providing both inside sales and field service.
Most recently Baumann spent eight years managing a company selling laboratory equipment.