Hon. Dr Eng. Dietmar Harting

• Date or birth: 15 September 1939 

• Studied electrical engineering and economics in Munich, Hanover and Cologne 

• 1967: Graduated in Business Administration 

• 1967: Joined his father's company 

• 1973-2015: Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board of the HARTING Technology Group 

• since 2015: Member of the Board, Partner of the HARTING Technology Group 

Through active collaboration in a multitude of organisations and associations, HARTING provides decisive impetus. 

• Association of the Electrical and Digital Industry e. V. (ZVEI)

  • since 2004 for life: Honorary President

  • since May 2003: Honorary Chairman of the trade association 23 (Electronic Components and Systems / ECS) 

• Association for Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (VDE)

  • since October 2006: Honorary member

• German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE)

  • since 2010: Honorary Chairman

• State Board of Trustees of the German Industry Association for the Promotion of Sciences in NRW (North Rhine Westphalia)

  • since September 2010: Personal member

• Exhibitor Advisory Board of the Hannover Messe

  • since October 2014: Honorary member

• Leading-edge cluster it's OWL

  • since September 2011: Member of the Cluster Board
    

Former honorary positions

• Exhibitor Advisory Board of the Hannover Messe

  • 1997-2014: Chairman of the Exhibitors' Advisory Board of the Hannover Messe, from January 1997 to October 2014 

• Deutsche Messe AG

  • 1996-2014: Member of the Supervisory Board (Deputy Chairman from 2002)  

  • 2002-2014: Member of the Executive Committee  

• Munich Trade Fair Centre

  • 2003-2004: Member of the exhibitor advisory board

• European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation 

  • 2008-2009: President of CENELEC  

• German Institute for Standardisation (DIN)

  • 2003-2009: President

• 1998: Federal Cross of Merit with ribbon 

• 2004: Cross of Merit 1st Class of Lower Saxony 

• 2008: Golden Trade Fair Medal from Deutsche Messe AG 

• 2009: Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class 

• 2009: DIN Ring of Honour 

• 2009: Honorary citizen of the town of Espelkamp 

• 2010: Honorary doctorate from Leibniz University Hanover 

• 2010: DKE pin in gold 

• 2013: Erich Gutenberg Award 

• 2019: Karmarsch Medal of the Leibniz University Society Hanover 

• 2021: "Lifetime achievement" award as part of the "Manager of the Year" election, specialist medium "Markt&Technik"