As Executive Vice President for Manufacturing, Dr Christian Lau has become responsible with immediate effect for manufacturing within the Multivac Group. As part of this function, he also become Managing Director of the two subsidiaries, Multivac Lechaschau and Multivac Bulgaria Production, as well as Chairman of the Board of Multivac Taicang/China. Dr Lau has been at Multivac since July 2010, and in his most recent role as Executive Vice President he has been responsible for the Thermoforming Packaging Machines Business Unit.