MOSCOW (MRC) -- Effective January 1st, 2015, Reifenhauser Kiefel Extrusion, the leading manufacturer of blown film extrusion lines has changed its name to Reifenhauser Blown Film, sid the company in its press release.
Since 2009, the company belongs to the Troisdorf/North Rhine-Westphalia-based Reifenhauser Group that underlines again the full integration of the company acquired in 2009 in the Group by changing its name. At the same time, the change in name marks the strategic expansion of the Business Unit Blown Film that clearly enhances the Worms site, safeguards jobs and supports further growth.
Reifenhauser is investing over 2 million euro in the Worms site to further expand the in-house manufacture of know-how components. New machining centers and a new 3D measuring machine were bought and installed in new buildings. "These investments enable us to further optimize the material flow, expand capacities, and sustainably ensure the quality for demands in the future", says Bernd Reifenhauser, CEO of the Reifenhauser Group. "The changes not only mean a further step forward for the Worms site, but for the complete Reifenhauser Group: We are advancing the strengths of the Group in a purposeful way, and are networking even more closely to position our products and services on the global marketplaces in the most targeted manner."
CEO of Reifenhauser Blown Film is Dr. Fritz Dorner. Already on 01.10.2014, he had assumed this position from Bernd Reifenhauser who will now concentrate again on his role as CEO of Reifenhauser Group. Graduated plastics engineer Dorner (51) holds a diploma in business administration and a doctorate at the faculty for mechanical enginering of RWTH Aachen university. In the past, he held various leading positions in the field of international machine construction. With his comprehensive experience he will consistently continue to pursue the course of growth of Reifenhauser Blown Film. He can start this task with a full order book.
As MRC wrote before, Germany-based plastics processing equipment maker the Reifenhauser Group has purchased injection molding and extrusion screw and barrel manufacturer Westland Corporation.
Reifenhauser Blown Film is one of the globally leading providers of blown film lines. With our technologies, innovative spirit and know-how along the entire value chain, we enable our customers worldwide to produce blown films of high quality. That's what we proved in more than 7,000 projects.
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