Rainer Eidloth

SVP Engineering IT & Digitalization, Schaeffler AG

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At a Glance
Leader with many years of professional experience in product development, engineering, innovation and project management and passion for people and organization development.

Profile
Rainer Eidloth holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Applied Science Coburg, Germany. He has over 25 years of international business experience in product develop-ment, production and general management with LuK, FAG, Schaeffler and a Consulting Company. Prior to his current assignment, Rainer Eidloth served as Development Engineer at LuK in Bühl, Sen-ior Consultant for Invention Machine in Bosten (MA), as well as Internal Consultant at FAG, Project Manager R&D, Head of Advanced Development in Industrial Division, General Manager of Super Precision Bearing Business, General Manager Development Tools and Platform SPEED, SVP Bearing and Component Development and R&D Bearing at Schaeffler and today SVP Engineering IT & Digi-talization.

Current
Mr. Eidloth works on IT solutions for Schaeffler's research & development. He pays special attention to user centricity. The focus on Schaeffler's changed product portfolio towards mechatronic systems is the priority of his activities.