Karlheinz Kaske

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Karlheinz Kaske (April 19, 1928, in Essen – September 27, 1998) was a German manager and CEO of the Siemens AG from 1981 to 1992.

Kaske studied Physics at RWTH Aachen and joined Siemens in 1950, when he became an engineer in the Siemens factory at Karlsruhe. Later he was a lecturer for electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen and he continued academic teaching during his following years in Siemens’ development department. In 1975, Kaske became a member of the board of directors and since 1977 he was director of the power engineering department. He succeeded Bernhard Plettner as CEO in 1981. He passed the office to Heinrich von Pierer in October 1992.

References

Wilfried Feldenkirchen / Eberhard Posner, The Siemens Entrepreneurs, Continuity and Change, 1847–2005, Ten Portraits, Munich, 2005.

Preceded by Bernhard Plettner	CEO of Siemens AG 1981 – 1992	Succeeded by Heinrich von Pierer

Current	Energy Sector Siemens Wind Power Industry Sector Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments Siemens Mobility Siemens PLM Software Siemens Financial Services Siemens Healthineers Siemens Canada Siemens Mexico Siemens Pakistan

Former and defunct	Acuson Corporation¹ C. A. Parsons and Company¹ Dispolok² Helios AG² Infineon Technologies² Osram ² Roke Manor Research² Siemens Communications¹ Siemens Dematic² Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices² Siemens Hearing Instruments² Siemens IT Solutions and Services² Siemens Mobile² Siemens VAI¹ Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme² Siemens Plessey² Siemens VDO² Wincor Nixdorf² ROLM¹

Current	A2SEA (49%) AREVA NP (34%) Atos (15%) German Shanghai Metro Group Primetals Technologies (49%) Siemens Saudi Arabia

Former and defunct	BiiN BSH Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Gaggenau NEFF Eurotrain Fujitsu Siemens Computers Krauss-Maffei Nokia Siemens Networks (49.9%) Siemens Matsushita Components Unify GmbH & Co. KG (49%)

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and projects

Current	FINEX Locomotives Multiple units Siemens Modular Metro Siemens Inspiro Software products Tram vehicles Mobility projects

Defunct	Elektrische Viktoria Mobile phones Simatic S5 PLC SIMpad

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 45148383 GND: 121087026

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