On 1 January 2013 Heinrich Meintrup took over his new role as Group Managing Director of GEA Pharma Systems.  Meintrup is now responsible for Buck Containment Technology in Bubendorf, Switzerland; Aeromatic Fielder products in Switzerland and the UK; Courtoy and Collette products from Belgium in addition to his current role of Managing Director of GEA Lyophil in Hürth, Germany, and Beijing. 

He has taken over the operational role from Ron Youngs, the PE Segment Board member responsible for both the GEA Pharma Systems and GEA Liquid Processing businesses within the GEA Process Engineering Segment.