Uster Technologies Ltd, the leading high technology instrument manufacturer of products for quality measurement and certification for the textile industry, announced the appointment of Peter Huber as Chief Financial Officer of the Group and member of the Executive Committee. Peter Huber is 45 years old and is a highly qualified and experienced finance executive with an international background. He will begin his new role at the Company at the start of 2012.
Peter Huber joins Uster Technologies Ltd. from Pago International AG where he has been Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Group Executive Board for almost three years.
The Pago Group is a world leading full-range supplier of labels and labelling technology, headquartered in Switzerland and operating internationally with production sites and a network of subsidiaries and partnerships in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Peter Huber has also held CFO positions with the Keystone Group and with Landolt Group, a leading manufacturer of non-woven textile products. In addition he has a solid finance background from positions held in KPMG Financial Advisory Services and with UBS Commercial Banking.
Peter Huber is a Swiss citizen. He graduated in Business Administration at the University of Zurich and holds an Executive Master in Corporate Finance from Lucerne University. He is married and has two children.
The Uster Group is the leading high technology instrument manufacturer of products for quality measurement and certification for the textile industry. The Group provides testing and monitoring instruments, systems and services that allow optimization of quality through each individual stage of textile production; from the raw textile fiber, such as cotton, wool or synthetic filament yarns, to the final finished fabric. The Uster Group provides benchmarks that are a basis for the trading of textile products at assured levels of quality across global markets.