Laser scanning solutions developer SCANLAB GmbH has named Alexander Roth CEO. Roth succeeds Georg Hofner, who will focus exclusively on his position of CEO at SCANLAB’s parent company, TecInvest Holding AG. Alexander Staudt, who has overseen operations at SCANLAB since 2023, will take on the role of COO. The changes in management, which also include the naming of Dirk Thomas as CFO, take effect Jan. 1, 2025. The newly named SCANLAB management team, as of January, 2025 (from left): Alexander Staudt, Alexander Roth, Dirk Thomas, and Christian Sonner. Courtesy of SCANLAB. Roth has prior experience at Siemens and Giesecke & Devrient as well as in photonics at Rofin Baasel Lasertech, Coherent-Rofin, and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. For the past five years, he has served as managing director of Coherent's Industrial Systems business unit. Staudt, an industrial engineer with 20 years of experience in electronics production, was most recently plant manager of the Würth Elektronik Group, a specialist in printed circuit board production.