Troisdorf April 16 2015 Effective April 16 2015 The Reifenhaumluser Group Will Acquire The German Spinneret Manufacturer And Longstanding Supplier Enka Tecnica Uwe Gaedike Will Continue As Ceo Of The Company Which Will Operate As An Independent Business Unit Within The Reifenhaumluser Group With This Acquisition Reifenhaumluser Is Expanding The Knowhow Across The Value Chain And Taking The Next Strategic Step For Further Growthfor Long Term Success In The Market Reifenhaumluser Consistently Pursues Technology Leadership Through Inhouse Development And The Acquisition Of Companies With Knowhow In Marketrelevant Technologies Bernd Reifenhaumluser Ceo Of The Reifenhaumluser Group Says Quotour Customers Are Won Over Above All By Our Leading Technology With Enka Tecnica The Specialist In Spinnerets We Can Accelerate Future Development In The Area Of Extrusion Tools And Further Establish Our Leading Market Position In The Field Of Nonwovens However Our Goal Is To Achieve Growth In All Of Enka Tecnica39s Business Areas As A Result All Of The Existing Business Relations Will Be Left Unchanged And All Of The Existing Product Segments Will Continue To Be Further Developed We Guarantee Enka Tecnica The Independence That The Company Needs In Order To Continue To Work With Customers On Custom Development Projects In Strict Confidentialityquotin Addition To The Market Segment Spinnerets For Nonwovens Which Is Of Particular Relevance For Reifenhaumluser Enka Tecnica Also Serves The Segments 24 Wet And Dry Spinning Melt Spinning And Micro Components Uwe Gaedike Enka Tecnica39s Ceo Is Especially Excited About The Opportunities That The New Corporate Structure Offers For Accelerated Innovation And Sustainable Growth Quoteffective Immediately We Are Operating As Part Of A Stable Financially Secure Group That Thinks And Acts Based On The Long Term For Us This Is Very Positive There Will Be No Changes In Respect To Existing Business Relations And Partnerships Ndash Our Customers Will Now Be Able To Benefit From Our Expanded Development Capacities When Collaborating With Us On Development Projects Our Customers Now Have The Option Of Also Bringing In Experts From The Reifenhaumluser Network The Decision To Do So Is Of Course Always In The Hands Of Our Business Partnersquotenka Tecnica Produces At Both Locations Heinsberg North Rhinewestphalia And Groumlbzig Saxonyanhalt The Latter Will Be Relocated To Halle Saxonyanhalt In Summer 2015 In Favor Of More Advanced Operating Technology And Higher Productivity In Addition To Troisdorf Worms Und Lampertheim Reifenhaumluser Will Have These Two Additional Production Sites In Germany Bernd Reifenhaumluser Says Quotwe Are Confident That The Plastic Extrusion Market Will Continue To Grow And We Are Committed To The Location Germany We Will Continue To Invest Here In The Future This Is Where We Develop And Produce Our Core Components Ndash One Of The Main Reasons For This Is Because We Value The Extensive Network Of Expertise In Germany Enka Tecnica39s Technology Perfectly Complements This Network We Look Forward To Working Together With The Entire Teamquotabout Reifenhaumluserthe Reifenhaumluser Group Based In Troisdorf In North Rhinewestphalia Is The World39s Leading Supplier Of Plastic Extrusion Lines Machines And Components The Group Brings Together One Of The World39s Largest Intracorporate Networks Of Experts In Extrusion Technology Seven Business Units Together With Ten Subsidiaries Bring Together Highly Specialized Expertise In The Areas Of Design Process Engineering Automation Planning Manufacturing Project 34 Management And Logistics Together The Group Covers The Most Extensive Range Of Products For Extrusion Technology The Company Offers Lines For Manufacturing Film Sheets Nonwovens Monofilaments And Wood Polymer Composites As Well As The Corresponding Components The Ceo Of The Group With Its 1400 Employees Is Bernd Reifenhaumluserabout Enka Tecnicathe German Company Enka Tecnica Based In Heinsberg And Groumlbzig Is The World39s Leading Manufacturer Of Spinnerets For Nonwovens Wet And Dry Spinning Melt Spinning And Micro Components The Company Has More Than 100 Years Of Experience And Relies On Stateoftheart Measuring Equipment Cuttingedge 3d Technologies And Inhouse Developed Computercontrolled Manufacturing Equipment Uwe Gaedike Is The Ceo Of The Company Which Has 130 Employees
