Lenze Americas appoints new president

Lenze Americas, an automation company for the machine-building industry, has appointed Steve Markham as president.

Lenze Americas has appointed Steve Markham as president

Having led US and international firms in rapid growth, Markham brings extensive experience providing management and business consulting services, continuous improvement, and business transformations. He held executive leadership positions at Musent (Interim Management and Consulting), Schaefer Container Systems North Americas and BLG Logistics. With his multi-industry expertise in supply-chain, operations, production, and international business, Markham will make the expansion of the Lenze brand in North America a top priority.

‘I am motivated by challenges that provide an opportunity to learn and grow. I also gain great satisfaction from watching other people and teams develop and succeed,’ said Markham. ‘The plan is for my experience in executing successful strategies and mastering complex situations with analytical, solution-oriented problem solving, to result in Lenze Americas seeing significant market share growth and improved operational efficiencies.’

‘More than ever, Lenze’s industrial solutions expertise and motion-centric applications can make a real difference for machine builders looking for higher productivity, better energy efficiency, lower system cost, and global service support. We are thrilled to welcome Steve Markham to our organization. Under his leadership, Lenze Americas will build on our North American sales, production, and engineering footprint to better serve our customers and drive company growth,’ said Christian Wendler, chairman of Lenze executive board.

‘By leveraging Lenze’s impressive worldwide capabilities, investing in logistics and supply chain, and expanding our comprehensive solutions portfolio and engineering support, I look forward to accelerating Lenze Americas’ position as a top motion control supplier,’ added Markham. ‘It is an exciting time to be joining Lenze as we work to make a dramatic expansion in the Americas with our consistent and scalable solutions portfolio – which includes high-quality mechatronic products, powerful hardware and software for machine automation, and services for digitalization in areas such as big data management, cloud or mobile solutions, and software in the context of IoT.’