Manz AG has announced that the appointment by the District Court of Stuttgart at the request of the company of Dr. Zhiming Xu, Chief Technology Officer of Shanghai Electric Automation Group of Shanghai Electric Group Company Ltd., as member of the Supervisory Board of the company. With effect from October 17, 2017, Dr. Zhiming Xu will take over the position held by Guoxing Yang, who was a Member of the Supervisory Board of the company as representative of the anchor investor and strategic partner Shanghai Electric since 2016.