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 Dr. Juergen W. Gromer
Vice Chairman and President
Tyco Electronics
Dr. Juergen W. Gromer is vice chairman and president of Tyco Electronics. He formerly held senior management positions at AMP including senior vice president of worldwide sales and services, president of the global automotive division, vice president of Central and Eastern Europe, and general manager of AMP Germany.
Under Gromer’s responsibility, Tyco Electronics became the largest passive electronic components supplier in the world, through both organic growth as well as strategic acquisitions that broadened the company’s offering to the automotive, communications, computer and other industries. Working with his management team, he streamlined the company’s operations into vertically integrated industry and product-based business units, each with profit center responsibility, enabling better customer focus and response. In 2005, Tyco Electronics’ revenue rose to more than $12 billion.
Moving forward, Tyco Electronics’ strategy is to concentrate on the expansion of its business through organic growth with existing and new products, gaining market share in existing and new markets such as China, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and South Americas. In addition, Tyco Electronics is concentrating on further cost improvements and customer service in order to expand its competitiveness.
Gromer has more than twenty years of AMP and Tyco Electronics experience, serving in a wide variety of regional and global assignments.
Gromer received his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He is chairman of the board of the society for Economic Development of the District Bergstrasse/Hessen, a member of SAE and the Advisory Board of Commerzbank, a director of the board and vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, and a member of the board of RWE Rhein-Ruhr AG.
Dr. Juergen W. Gromer – Awards & Recognition
- March 2006: 2005 Excellence in Product Development and Manufacturing Process Award: “Tyco Electronics #1 Connector Manufacturer in the World and Leadership Award for the build-up of Tyco Electronics with world class management“, by Fleck Research
- 2004: Election to the 50 worldwide best top managers of the electronics industry by Reed Business Publishing’s Movers & Shakers magazine
- 2003: Election to the third best manager of the worldwide electronics industry by Reed Business Publishing’s Movers & Shakers magazine
- February 2003: Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2001: Leadership recognition by Reed Business Publishing’s Movers & Shakers magazine
- December 2000: Election to the worldwide 25 best managers of the electronics industry by the trade magazine Electronic Buyers News
- June 2000: 2000 Connector Industry Achievement Award of Bishop & Associates for worldwide best performance and management in the electronics industry
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