Hon. Dr Eng. Dietmar Harting

• 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”