Martin Buyle

CEO StarragTornos Group

Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria

About

Experienced industry CEO/Managing Director with a 20+ year track record of successfully improving bottom-line results and developing a performance culture in a sustainable way. Led a variety of medium-sized innovation-leading companies with different ownership structures (public, family-owned). Functional skills: corporate strategy/M&A, business transformation, innovation management, international key account management. Industry expertise: power generation, construction/agricultural equipment, textile machinery, precision engineering, machine tools, brand protection/track & trace.

Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer at StarragTornos
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Stock-listed global machine tool leader formed by a merger of Starrag Group Holding AG and Tornos Holding Ltd. (appr. CHF 560 m turnover, 2.000 employees). Headquarters in Rorschacherberg/Switzerland, manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Germany, France, India, China, Taiwan www.starragtornos.com

  • Division CEO Starrag at Starrag
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Stock-listed global technology leader (appr. CHF 320 m turnover, 1.300 employees, www.starrag.com) in manufacturing high-precision machine tools for milling, turning, boring and grinding workpieces of metallic, composite and ceramic materials. Principle customers are internationally active companies in the Aerospace and Turbines, Industrial and Transportation as well as Luxury Goods and Med Tech sectors. Headquartered in Rorschacherberg/Switzerland with manufacturing plants in Switzerland, Germany, France and India.

  • Board Member at Jakob Müller Group
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Managing Director at Androschin & Partner Management Consulting GmbH
    Jul 2022 - Mar 2023 · 9 mos

    Specialized management consultancy for machine & plant engineering and automation technology (www.androschin.com)

  • Managing Director at Starrag Technology GmbH
    Jul 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs

    Technology leader in high-precision large parts machine tools for Aerospace, Industrial and Renewables applications, 500 employees. Starrag Technology GmbH forms part of Starrag Group Holding AG (www.starrag.com). Successfully completed company performance improvement program; initiated application-oriented product development initiative to serve growing market segments.