Struckmeyer brings more than 20 years of management experience as Vice President of Strategy & Business Development or CEO in the diagnostic industry with focus on food safety as well as animal health. He was CEO of IdentiGEN Switzerland AG, an internationally organization in the food safety business. IdentiGEN has developed a solution for industry, enables beef, pork, poultry and seafood products to be reliably traced back through production to the farm, parent or individual animal from which they originated. Barend states: “I’m looking forward to handing over my responsibilities to Thomas. With his deep insight in all areas of the diagnostics business, his strong customer focus and track record in successfully developing existing and new businesses, Thomas is the ideal person to continue the successful development of the BioChek Group.”