Marco Sutter

Managing Director, Bühler Southern Africa

Marco Sutter is Managing Director of Bühler Southern Africa.

Bühler Southern Africa is the regional arm of the Swiss processing-equipment group, serving food, feed and mining customers from South Africa since 1972. Its South African factory supports operations in Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and the Indian Ocean islands.

In the job

  1. Bühler continued investing in its South African factory, installing laser welding technology and upgrading vertical storage, efficiency and safety. Source

  2. Bühler installed solar power at its Johannesburg and Cape Town sites and began doubling solar and battery capacity so Johannesburg night shifts can run off grid. Source

Career before

  1. Millwright, international installation engineer and supervisor, Bühler
  2. Project manager based in China and Europe, Bühler
  3. Sales engineer, United Kingdom, Bühler
  4. Area sales manager, then head of sales and service, South Africa, Bühler

Education

Diploma as a technologist for industrial milling, Swiss Milling School; Swiss federal diploma in business administration and applied technical management; executive MBA, Stellenbosch University

Sources

  1. engineeringnews.co.za
  2. cbn.co.za
  3. cbn.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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