Hon. Dr Eng. Dietmar Harting
Member of the Board, Partner
Date of birth: September 15, 1939
Studied electrical engineering and economics in Munich, Hanover and Cologne
1967: Graduated in Business Administration (M.Sc.)
1967: Joined his father's company
1973: Managing shareholder
since 2015: Member of the Board, Partner of the HARTING Technology Group
HARTING is a driving force by means of active collaboration in a multitude of organisations and associations.
Dietmar Hartings active honorary positions
Honorary President of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI), since 2004, for life
Honorary Member of the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) since October 2006
Honorary Chairman of the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE), since 2010
Honorary Chairman of Professional Association 23 (Electronic Components and Systems/ECS) of the ZVEI, since May 2003
Personal Member of the State Board of Trustees of the German Industry Association Promoting Science and Learning in North Rhine Westphalia, since September 2010
Honorary Member of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe, since October 2014
Member of the Cluster Board of the Leading-Edge Cluster it's OWL, since September 2011
Former honorary positions
Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe, from January 1997 to October 2014
Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Messe AG, from November 1996 (Deputy Chairman as of 2002) to June 2014
Member of the Presidential Committee of Deutsche Messe AG, from February 2002 to June 2014
Member of the Messe München Exhibitor Advisory Board, from January 2003 to December 2004
President of CENELEC – the European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization, from January 2008 to September 2009
President of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), from November 2003 to September 2009
1998: Federal Cross of Merit with ribbon
2004: Order of Merit, First Class, of Lower Saxony
2008: Honorary gold medal of Deutsche Messe AG
2009: Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
2009: Ring of Honor awarded by the German Institute for Standardization (DIN)
2009: Honorary citizen of the town of Espelkamp
2010: Honorary doctorate from Leibniz University Hanover
2010: Gold pin awarded by the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE)
2013: Erich Gutenberg Award
2019: Karmarsch Medal of the Leibniz University Society Hanover
2021: Award “Lifetime Achievement" in connection with the "Manager of the Year" election, trade medium “Markt&Technik”
