Safety specialist HIMA Group appoints Peter Sieber as VP Strategic Marketing

Peter Sieber has been appointed to the position of VP Strategic Marketing of the HIMA Group based in Bruhl, Germany. The HIMA Group is represented in Canada by Sarnia, ON-based Provincial Controls.

In this newly created function, Sieber will drive the digitalization of functional safety and further expand the company’s position as an independent solution provider in safety-related automation.

Sieber has 37 years of experience in process automation since he graduated with an engineering degree and has held various management positions at leading international process automation companies.

Sieber is involved in international standards working groups in the areas of safety, security, and engineering. He was involved in the development of IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 (functional safety), IEC 62443 (OT security), IEC 62881 (engineering), EN 50156 (combustion safety) and ISO 13849 (machine safety).

For over 50 years, the company says, HIMA Group has been a trusted partner to the world’s largest companies in the process industry (including chemical, petrochemicals, oil, gas, and energy-producing companies). With more than 50,000 TÜV-certified safety systems (SIL 3 and SIL 4) installed worldwide.