IMI appoints Tarak Chhaya to lead Industrial Automation
IMI appointed Tarak Chhaya as Sector President for Industrial Automation, succeeding interim sector leader Jackie Hu with immediate effect.
Evidence notes
- Chhaya moved into the sector-president role after serving as IMI's Regional President for APAC and India in Industrial Automation.
- He had worked at IMI since 2016 and previously held executive positions at GE Oil & Gas across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
- The appointment placed him in charge of a sector supplying valves and actuators for factory-process automation and other industrial applications.
Company context
IMI plc is a diversified engineering group whose Norgren business supplies automation and material-handling components. The Norgren portfolio includes grippers, suction cups, vacuum equipment, carbon-fibre structures, finger tooling and tool changers used to construct robot end-of-arm systems for industrial production.