Prima announces new Board of Directors and new CEO

Prima Industrie, a global group in the sector of high technology laser systems, sheet metal working systems and electronic components for industrial applications, is pleased to announce that, following the closing operation by Femto Technologies S.p.A., a company whose share capital is indirectly owned by Alpha Private Equity and Peninsula funds, a new Board of Directors has been elected and a new Chief Executive Officer has been appointed.

Giovanni Negri has been appointed CEO of Prima Industrie S.p.A. With a degree in Management Engineering and a Master in Business Administration from the Politecnico di Milano, since November 2018 Negri has been CEO of CMS SpA, company of SCM Group, a leading company specialized in the production of numerically controlled multi-axis machining centers. Previously he held, both in Germany and in Italy, several positions of increasing responsibility in SCM Group, Porsche Consulting and Siemens.

Giovanni Negri declared: “I am honored to have been appointed CEO of Prima Industrie. I look forward to working with the new Board of Directors and all the Prima Industrie people and stakeholders to continue the Group’s evolution of sustainable innovation and growth. I am convinced that there are great opportunities ahead of us.”