In 2005, Christian Daxner (Masters degree for both mechanical & manufacturing engineering, business administration) joined the family firm as a second generation manager. His international training (Master of Science in the US) and experience (Key Account Manager for a leading Japanese corporation) make him ideally suited to assist his father Johann in leading a team, which by now has grown to 60 employees, on its continued road to success. Christian Daxner takes over the responsibility for the global business and initiates a continuous increase of the export share of the business.