CorporationVITRONIC announces the appointment of its new CTO: Dr. Heiko Frohn hands over to Thomas Preußer
Wiesbaden, 02/03/2026
- Long-term planned transition marks start of new R&D direction.
- Preußer focuses on future innovation drive through AI and data-driven solutions.
With the start of the new year, Thomas Preußer takes over as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the VITRONIC Group. He succeeds Dr. Heiko Frohn, who is retiring after 40 years with VITRONIC. The change in leadership is part of a long-term succession plan and represents a clear strategic development for the technology organization.
With Thomas Preußer as CTO, VITRONIC is consistently focusing on combining technological excellence and creativity for the next wave of innovation—particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence and data-driven systems. Technological development clearly follows the strategic orientation of user focus, long-lasting quality standards, and holistic end-to-end application, which will shape further development in the coming years. With these guidelines, VITRONIC under Preußer is striving to expand its technological leadership.
The change in personnel is the result of forward-looking planning and our open culture of exchange. Dr. Heiko Frohn has played a key role in shaping VITRONIC's technological development over many years. Thomas Preußer is an experienced technology expert who will drive forward future fields from a new perspective and further expand our technological leadership.”
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Dr. Heiko Frohn
Heiko Frohn joined VITRONIC shortly after its founding. As an engineer, he developed solutions for autonomous vehicle control, robot vision, and automatic visual inspection. For many years, he was responsible for VITRONIC's technological development as CTO and, together with his team, laid the foundation for the company's current product portfolio.
Thomas Preußer
Thomas Preußer joined VITRONIC as a development engineer and has held various positions of responsibility in different product and technology areas of the company over the years. He played a key role in the development of VITRONIC Poliscan technology, which has established itself as a powerful solution for global use. In his long-standing role as head of the Traffic Technology business unit, he was responsible for the development of complex technical systems for the global group of companies. His personal drive is to transform complex challenges into practical, effective solutions while empowering our teams to push the boundaries of the feasible.
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About VITRONIC
VITRONIC is the world's leading innovation driver for machine vision, enabling its customers to master the challenges of tomorrow.
The global group of companies develops forward-looking solutions in the form of specialized products and software for image-based quality inspection, identification and process optimization, which find application in the growth sectors of automation and traffic engineering.
VITRONIC solutions make an important contribution to helping shape a safe and sustainable world. The existing limits of what is economically feasible are constantly being questioned in order to achieve the highest quality and productivity, for example in the production of automotive and pharmaceutical companies. Worldwide, Auto-ID solutions in logistics centers and at cargo airports, take over the reliable and efficient recording of shipments and thus ensure a transparent flow of goods.
In the transport sector, VITRONIC offers leading technology for increased safety on the roads, for optimizing traffic flow and for recording road usage.
Open and honest dealings with our customers form the foundation for jointly exploiting technological and process potential to the full. Joint success forms the basis of long-term cooperation with companies such as B. Braun, BMW, Daimler, DHL, UPS, Fresenius and Sanofi as well as with public clients.
Since its foundation in 1984, VITRONIC has been growing continuously for 40 years. The current annual turnover (2024) is 260 million EUR and the company is currently represented on five continents in over 80 countries with approximately 1,400 employees. Since 2024 the company is part of ITIS Holding, leveraging the strengths of both entities, creating a strong end-to-end ITS and automation provider.
Development and production of VITRONIC systems are located at the company headquarters in Wiesbaden. VITRONIC subsidiaries span across all continents, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Additionally, a global network of sales and service partners ensures localized support for international customers.