Renzo Davatz has been named CEO of injection molding machinery firm Netstal-Maschinen AG, Näfels, Switzerland. Davatz has worked for Netstal for 25 years, progressing steadily in the company after starting as an apprentice electrical engineer. He succeeds Dr. Hans Ulrich Golz, who has been named chairman of the board. Golz had served as CEO since 2012.