Our Team

Christian Knill
Chairman of Metaltechnology Austria
CEO KNILL Gruppe

Sabine Hesse
Managing director
- Association policy
- Industrial policy issues
- National & international representation of interests
- Working group: Locks and Building Hardware Manufacturers
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3358
email: hesse@fmti.at

Adolf Kerbl
Managing director
- Environment and technology regulation
- Standardization, quality management, R&D
- Working groups: Foundry Industry, Machine Tools, Associacion of Austria Boiler Suppliers (VÖK)
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3476
email: giesserei@wko.at

Barbara Schicker
Deputy director
- Public procurement law, Price indexation
- Antitrust law
- Collective wage agreements
- Legal matters/information
- Trade policy
- Transport policy
- Working groups: Surface Technology, Agricultural machinery, Construction machinery, Pumps and compressors
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3468
email: schicker@fmti.at

Clemens Zinkl
Deputy director
- Environmental regulation
- BAT, BREFs
- Working groups: Automotive Industry, Internal combustion engines and gas turbines, Surface technology, Hot dip galvanizing
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3470
email: zinkl@fmti.at

Martin Baminger
- Statistics
- Economic analysis
- Homepage
- Member magazine “INSIDE”
- Additive Manufacturing
- Metal price monitor
- Working groups: Machine tools, Woodworking machinery
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3477
email: baminger@fmti.at

Eberwein Georg
- Digitalization & AI
- Research & Development
- Innovation
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3467
email: eberwein@fmti.at

Georg Matzner
- Welding technology
- Constuction Products Regulation
- Sustainability in the construction industry
- Standardization policy
- Sustainable financing & taxonomy
- Steel Construction Association (ÖSTV)
- Working group: Boiler Suppliers
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3295
email: matzner@fmti.at

Michael Osobsky
- Energy and climate policy (national & EU)
- Association Energy and Climate Protection
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3472
email: osobsky@fmti.at

Harald Rankl
- Education - Projects
- www.metallbringts.at (apprenticeship)
- CE marking
- Standardization
- Technical training (apprenticeship/HTL/FH and university)
- Legal information
- Orgalim publications/information
- Price indexation
- Association of Building Services (VTGA)
- Working group: Industrial furnaces
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3479
email: rankl@fmti.at

Anton Resch
- Metal construction
- Standardization
- Construction Products Regulation
- Working group: Metal Windows, Doors and Gates
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3444
email: resch@fmti.at

Bernhard Wagner
- Collective wage agreements
- Labour law
- Legal employer policy
- Employee protection law
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3487
email: wagner@fmti.at

Ulrike Witz
- Environmental regulation
- Circular economy
- Sustainability reporting
- Ecodesign, Digital Product Passport
- Chemicals legislation (PFAS)
- Waste legislation
- Water law
- Working group: Plastics and Rubber Machinery
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3366
email: witz@fmti.at

Sabine Madl
- Companies and Products Database
- Supply inquiries
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3763
email: madl@fmti.at

Michaela Popofsits
- Companies and Products Database
- Supply inquiries
phone number: +43 (0) 5 90 900-3438
email: popofsits@fmti.at