Singapore: Jörg Ellerkmann will be appointed the new MD for Trumpf Asia Pacific on January 1, 2015. He succeeds Dr Hans-Peter Laubscher, who will relocate with his family to Germany after his stint in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Mr Ellerkmann joined the company in 1998 and was previously holding the position of head of national sales at the company’s headquarters in Ditzingen, Germany.