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Lingner takes over as CEO of Swegon Germany

GERMANY: Andreas Lingner will take over as CEO of Swegon Germany GmbH. 

Lingner replaces Rainer Schild who, according to a company statement, leaves the company to face new challenges.

Since 2017, Lingner has been managing director of Zent-Frenger GmbH, which was acquired by Swegon in 2018. 

The 54-year-old has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the heating and air conditioning industry and has worked for management of the Buderus, ELCO Heating Solutions and KWB – Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse GmbH.

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