NORMA Group welcomes Philipp Sandner as Endowed Assistant Professor at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Frankfurt am Main/Maintal, Germany, 9 November 2015 – NORMA Group, a global market leader in engineered joining technology, welcomes Philipp Sandner as assistant professor of Manufacturing at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. NORMA Group is supporting the endowed Assistant Professorship for five years to start with under the supervision of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. Professor Sandner started work on October 1, 2015, and covers the main research areas of Production, Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property.

“We are delighted that Philipp Sandner has accepted our endowed Assistant Professorship and his call to the Frankfurt School. Professor Sandner will be working on highly relevant topics such as the impact of digital technology on manufacturing companies,” says Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA Group. Professor Dr. Udo Steffens, President and CEO of the Frankfurt School, is also very pleased: “We welcome Philipp Sandner. He really complements our Management Department magnificently.”

Philipp Sandner worked at the Chair of Strategy and Organization at the Technical University of Munich before starting his endowed professorship. Sandner earned his doctorate degree in 2009 with his work on Patent and Trademark Portfolios at the Munich School of Management at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. There, Sandner was previously a research assistant at the Institute of Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship. He studied business administration at the University of Mannheim and at the Copenhagen Business School.

NORMA Group and the Frankfurt School have been working together closely for several years. For example, the MDAX-listed group offers the Manufacturing Management Award for students of the Master of Science in Management, which was presented at the graduation ceremony on 30 October 2015 for the second time. The company’s international executives also attend the General Management and the High Potential program offered by the Frankfurt School.

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