By September 1st 2016 Dr. Arno Schimpf became member of the management board of the Wasa Compound GmbH & Co KG as well as the Wasa Management GmbH in Neubrunn/Thuringia. He is supplementing the both managing directors Matthias Bechtold and Peter Webel. Furthermore, Dr. Schimpf gets power of procuration for the Wasa GmbH & Co KG. The 52-year-old will be mainly responsible for the production of boards as well as wetcast moulds and hermetic matrices.