Bayer MaterialScience LLC appoints Dirk Schapeler CEO of Artificial Muscle, Inc.
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Dirk Schapeler has been named chief executive officer and general manager of Artificial Muscle, Inc. (AMI), a Bayer MaterialScience LLC company. AMI is part of Bayer's Functional Films Unit.
In this role, Schapeler will focus on growing AMI's product portfolio of Electro Active Polymer actuators. He's also responsible for the global team working on Electro Active Polymers at Bayer MaterialScience in Germany. Schapeler joined AMI in April 2010, following the Bayer MaterialScience acquisition of AMI. Prior to joining AMI, Schapeler was the head of the Electro Active Polymers group at Bayer MaterialScience AG in Germany. Previously, Schapeler was program manager for the Bayer MaterialScience AG New Business Group and scouted markets and applications for Electro Active Polymers.
Before joining Bayer MaterialScience, Schapeler held several program management and engineering positions at large automotive suppliers, successfully introducing innovative products to the marketplace. Schapeler studied mechanical and electrical engineering at the University of Applied Science in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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