Federal Pipeline Inspectorate under new management

After almost thirty years in the position as head of the Federal Pipeline Inspectorate (ERI), Ruedi Wendelspiess will retire at the end of March 2022. His extensive know-how will be available to the ERI until further notice, thanks to project-related support. His successor is Roger Bächtiger, who has already been working for the Federal Pipeline Inspectorate since 2019. In his new function, he is also a member of the SVTI Executive Board. Roger Bächtiger holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. in Industrial Technologies and an Executive MBA in General Management and further education in materials technology, among others. He brings both management and industrial experience from various areas, including his previous positions with a well-known Swiss manufacturer of rail vehicles and a listed mechanical engineering company in northeastern Switzerland. At the latter, as project manager and process engineer for large-scale industrial and process plants. The Federal Pipeline Inspectorate (ERI) supervises the design, construction and operation of pipeline systems for the transport of liquid or gaseous fuels in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, provided that these systems are subject to the Pipeline Act. As an independent body - the ERI is not subordinate to the Federal Office of Energy - it is integrated in the SVTI, the Swiss Association for Technical Inspections. The purpose of the SVTI is the prevention of accidents, malfunctions and damage and the elimination of hazards in the manufacture and operation of technical installations of all kinds. Source and further information

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