Johannes Buch, born 1961, graduate in business management and engineering, studied economics at the Justus-Liebig-University in Gießen and at the University of Siegen, Germany. Subsequently, he studied foundry and materials technologies at the University of Applied Science in Gießen-Friedberg, Germany. In 1986 he joined the family-owned company Karl Buch Walzengiesserei GmbH & Co. KG in 5th generation as managing director.