Kitchener, Ontario, November 3, 2022 – PEER Group®, the largest supplier of innovative factory automation software products, has announced the appointment of industry veteran Torsten Werneke as its new European OEM Account Manager.
“Throughout my time in the semiconductor industry, PEER Group has always been an impressive company,” says Werneke. “The quality and design of their products, focus on customer satisfaction, and honesty and openness made it an easy decision to join as the new European OEM Account Manager.”
Werneke has more than 25 years of industrial software development and process management experience in the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries. Based in Friedrichshafen, Germany and working out of PEER Group’s Dresden office, he will be responsible for supporting all current European OEM customers while expanding PEER Group’s presence in Europe.
“There is much excitement in the European semiconductor industry,” says Werneke. “Factories are taking advantage of significant investments to expand production and equipment makers are looking for ways to enhance their tool automation and data collection capabilities to help support this expansion. PEER Group provides the products and solutions for precisely these challenges.”
Previous to working at PEER Group, Werneke, who holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Chemnitz University of Technology, spent time as a process engineer at Infineon Technologies before founding itemic AG, an APC platform supplier for lithography, CMP, and etching tools. After selling itemic’s core technology to ASML, Werneke launched another venture manufacturing high-end ultra-flat light panels for commercial applications.
“As we get ready to celebrate next year’s twentieth anniversary since the opening of our European office, I am pleased to welcome Torsten to the PEER Group team,” shares Mike Barrett, Director, Global OEM Sales at PEER Group. “His industry knowledge and software development expertise will be of great value to the European equipment makers looking to automate their tools and get accepted into semiconductor fabs.”
Werneke, along with other members of PEER Group, will be attending SEMICON Europa, happening November 15-18. To schedule a meeting with him during the show, visit PEER Group's SEMICON Europa event page and complete the form.
About PEER Group
PEER Group® is a leading supplier of innovative factory automation software products for the semiconductor industry. Since 1992, our solutions have helped the world’s most advanced OEMs and factories reduce time to market and lower costs by solving their equipment automation, data management, and process control problems. A multi-award-winning company, PEER Group has been named a Best Workplace by Great Place to Work Canada 11 times, and is one of six recipients of Intel’s 2022 EPIC Outstanding Supplier Award, which recognizes the absolute top performers in the Intel supply chain. Follow PEER Group on LinkedIn and Twitter at @PEERgroup_Inc..
