Extrusion equipment makers join forces

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August 28, 2008 - Two extrusion equipment makers owned by private-equity firm Triton, Jersey, UK, consolidate administrative functions like purchasing, logistics, finance, but maintain separate brand identities. Battenfeld Extrusion Group joins forces with Cincinnati Extrusion GmbH, Vienna, Austria, under leadership of Wolfgang Studener, md of Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik GmbH, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. Production of components such as extruder screws, dies for production of packaging film, sheet continues at facilities in Vienna, Bad Oeynhausen, American Maplan, McPherson, KS. Other operations include B+C Extrusion Systems in China, Extrusion Kempen in Germany as well as Cincinnati Extrusion subsidiaries in Japan, US. Rainer Kottmeier, former gm of Pipe Product Group, member of Battenfeld’s Management Board, succeeds Studener as md, Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik. Walter Haeder continues to serve as md of Cincinnati Extrusion. Industry expert, Dr. Henning Stieglitz, joins senior management team of Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik on 1 November 2008.


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