Mr. José Geraldes was appointed Managing Director by the Board of Directors of Spindelfabrik Suessen GmbH, Germany, with effect from July 1st, 2016. With Mr. José Geraldes SUESSEN was able to engage a very experienced expert in the field of textile machinery. Working for Bosch in Stuttgart, his places of employment were in Homburg/Saar and in Brazil, where he was in charge for hydraulics/pneumatics and diesel fuel injection systems. After having returned to Stuttgart, he was active in the business domain New Products in the sector of diesel injection pumps. In 1999, Mr. Geraldes moved to a new job at Groz-Beckert KG. In over eleven years of working for this company he was engaged in various technical functions. Among others, he was head of a subsidiary in Portugal for many years. After his return to the parent company, he was head of the centre for technology and development and finally head of the division for weaving accessories and weaving preparation. This included plants in Germany, Switzerland, China and the Czech Republic. In 2010, Mr. Geraldes became Managing Director of Christian Bauer GmbH + Co. KG.