Celanese Corporation, the parent company of chemical company Ticona, announced the acquisition of the long-fiber reinforced thermoplastics (LFT) business of FACT GmbH (Future Advanced Composites Technology), one of the leading manufacturers of LFTs for extrusion, injection moulding and blown-film applications…
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Andreas Kessler (34) takes over as General Sales Manager for Munich Extrusion with immediate effect. He now has overall responsibility for order and sales activities for this division’s German and international subsidiaries. In his new function as General Sales Manager for Extrusion Munich, he will be working closely with Ralf J. Dahl who holds the same post for the Hanover arm of KraussMaffei Berstorff.
Michael Hofhus (53) has taken over as Product Group Manager in Munich for Pipe Extrusion. He is responsible for sales and marketing activities for the company’s whole range of pipe extrusion machinery. His management responsibilities also cover die engineering, project planning, process engineering and the Pipe Extrusion TechCenter.
Peter Oswald (54) now heads up the Profile Extrusion product group, with responsibility for sales and marketing activities for the company’s whole range of pipe extrusion machinery, including project planning, process engineering and the product group’s TechCenter.
Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik has introduced a new internal air cooling system, the so-called EAC (Efficient Air Cooling), for its range of pipe dies which helps to improve quality and output. On the quality side, the sagging effect can be reduced significantly. According to the company the system is suitable for the production of mono-layer and also multi-layer pipes in the common range of 63 to 2,000 mm and can even be retro-fit into existing Battenfeld VSI pipe dies.
EAC simply uses air to cool the pipe effectively from inside and outside. Inside the cooling is done through air exchange and exhausting of the warm air. In addition, the die mandrel is cooled with a special mechanism.
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