Sascha Schmel
COUNTRY
Germany
ASSOCIATION
VDMA Materials Handling and Logistics Systems Sector Association
POSITION
Chairman of the specialist advisory committee
SPECIALIST FIELDS
Materials handling, intralogistics
CONTACT
Lyoner Straße 18
D - 60528 Frankfurt/M.
Phone: +49 (0)69 6603-2505
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
www.vdma.org/il
Sascha Schmel
"Elder Statesman" and permanent member of the IFOY Jury
Sascha Schmel (born in 1978) is a graduate industrial engineer and Managing Director of the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Sector Association.
As a permanent member of the jury without voting rights, Schmel represents the VDMA Materials Handling and Logistics Systems Sector Association, the sponsor of the IFOY Award.
Schmel studied at Darmstadt University of Technology. Following graduation and a period of employment in industry, he joined the VDMA as a specialist for public-law regulations in the field of mechanical engineering in 2005. He moved to the Materials Handling and Logistics Systems Sector Association in 2008 and was head of the materials handling equipment department until November 2012. In December 2012 Schmel was appointed Managing Director of the Sector Association.