Michael Kiese brings more than three decades of experience in the strategic leadership of technology-driven industrial companies.

After working as a research engineer, he founded HKS Prozesstechnik GmbH and developed the company into a technological market leader in data-based welding process monitoring. The successful sale to the international industrial group ESAB marked a major milestone in his entrepreneurial career.

He subsequently assumed global leadership roles within ESAB Digital Solutions, with responsibility for business development, customer strategy, and mergers & acquisitions.

As Chief Strategy Officer of Tube Mill Control GmbH, he defines the company’s strategic direction, structures international partnerships, and guides key investment and cooperation decisions. His experience in company building, divestment, and integration forms the foundation for substantial, long-term corporate growth.

For more than 20 years, Matthias Häußler has represented industrial innovation in the development and production of high-performance measurement technology for welding applications. His career is characterized by technological excellence, systemic thinking, and the consistent industrialization of complex sensor systems

As a development engineer at HKS Prozesstechnik GmbH, he was responsible for the hardware and software development of systems for monitoring arc welding parameters, thereby laying the technological foundation for modern, data-based quality monitoring.

As named inventor and lead developer of the patented Thermo-Profil-Scanner sensor, Mr. Häußler decisively shaped the technological architecture of this high-performance solution. Until 2025, he led the Thermo-Profil-Scanner product division within ESAB and built up the expertise and application experience that enabled technological market leadership in this segment.

At Tube Mill Control GmbH, he assumes overall responsibility for development, production, and technological platform strategy as Chief Technology Officer. His decades of experience in the conception, development, and industrialization of innovative monitoring systems form the basis for innovation strength and maximum product reliability.

M.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Engineering Physics 
Non-Destructive Testing Thermography Level 2 (TT2) 
Master of Business Administration

Maximilian Lorenz has more than ten years of international experience as an application engineer for thermographic quality monitoring systems in industrial environments. At HKS Prozesstechnik GmbH, he was responsible until 2025 for thermography monitoring systems and supported worldwide commissioning, system integration, customer demonstrations, and trade fair appearances. His work at ESAB further expanded his profile with valuable international market and corporate experience in a global industrial context. As a certified specialist in non-destructive testing (NDT Thermography Level 2) and Master of Engineering in Mechatronics, he combines deep process expertise with strong technical communication skills. In addition, he is completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA). As Chief Commercial Officer of Tube Mill Control GmbH, he is responsible for application and marketing. His international project experience, intercultural competence, and strategic market understanding form the basis for sustainable customer relationships and the dynamic development of the company in the global competitive environment.

Stephan Orland stands for structured production management, technical precision, and consistent quality orientation.

For more than a decade at HKS Prozesstechnik GmbH, he was responsible for the production and maintenance of Thermo-Profil-Scanner systems and, until 2025, oversaw industrial manufacturing, quality standards, maintenance processes, and the long-term operational capability of the systems in worldwide customer use.

He combines detailed technical expertise with strong organizational leadership skills. Clear processes, robust quality controls, on-time delivery, stable supply capability, and a reliable service organization characterize his work.

With the transition to Tube Mill Control GmbH, he brings this accumulated expertise in full. As Head of Production & Service, he ensures that innovation strength, industrial robustness, and maximum system availability are sustainably realized for customers.