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Prof. Dr. Heinrich Flegel has been a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG since 2003. Heinrich A. Flegel was born on 13.10.1948 in Neviges, now Velbert North Rhine-Westphalia. From 1969 he studied Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University. In 1974 he received a diploma in Mechanical Engineering in the field of Manufacturing Technologies at RWTH Aachen University. From 1975 he was a scientific assistant at the Institute for Computer Applications in Planning and Construction at Karlsruhe University. In 1979 he received his Ph.D. in Applied Computer Science from Karlsruhe University. He started his business career in 1978 at Daimler-Benz AG as a specialist in factory equipment construction at the Sindelfingen plant. In 1982 he took up a position as Senior Manager in the Process Engineering department responsible for CAD/CAM development in the Sindelfingen assembly plant, and by 1984 he was responsible for CAD/CAM development for all assembly plants. From 1988 to 1992 he held the position of Director of Mechanical Engineering at the Sindelfingen assembly plant. In 1993 he became Director of Process Engineering. Since 1998 he has been Director of Research Manufacturing and Materials Technology in Stuttgart. In 1990 he received a lectureship of the Faculty for Construction and Manufacturing Technologies at Stuttgart University for the sector "Development of tools for sheet-metal forming based on the CAD system CATIA". Since 2002 he has been Chairman of the Management Representative Committee. | 