Effective April 1, 2018, Tobias Kuehnle will become the managing director of industrial laser and fabricating machinery maker TRUMPF Canada (Mississauga, ON, Canada), succeeding Stefan Fickenscher, who became the sales director of the Machine Tool division in the U.S. at TRUMPF Inc. (Farmington, CT) on January 1, 2018. In his new role, Kuehnle will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of TRUMPF Canada, including machine tool and laser sales, TruServices, and technical service.

Kuehnle joined TRUMPF GmbH + Co KG (Ditzingen, Germany) in 2006 in the service department, holding three additional positions before becoming the Head of Spare Parts in 2014. In 2015, he became the Head of Global Services Sales and in July 2017, he took on the role as Head of Product Management and Sales Support Services.