Extrusion Asia Edition 1-2020

13 Extrusion Asia Edition 1/2020 月首先担任该公司运营部门主管，自今 年 2 月起以 CEO 身份领导公司的托马 斯•哈特肯珀 (Thomas Hartkämper) 是 公司变革流程的关键推手。 哈特肯珀还就此宣布进一步的人才 决策：“在过去数月，我们在公司启动 了众多流程，它们有助于长期确保并扩 大考特斯机械制造有限公司在全球塑料 市场的领先地位。面向未来的战略路线 图已制定、通过并传达给全球各地的考 特斯组织。我们从内部队伍中遴选杰出 人才，并通过外部人才进一步强化我们 的全球团队。” Strategic Reorganization n Kautex, the mechanical engineering company, based in Bonn, Germany, has announced additional investments to ex- tend its Packaging, Pharmaceuticals, and Healthcare Packaging businesses for 2020. This will be achieved using funds worth double-digit millions of Euros, provided by the majority shareholder. The measures concerned will see the re- allocation of human resources from the Automotive division to these other busi- nesses. The reduction in staff levels an- nounced in 2019 should be completed by the end of this year. Kautex Maschinenbau is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of extru- sion blow molding machines for plastics processing. The announced measures are a further, consequent step to build on the reorganization and restructuring ini- tiated by the company last year. This in- volves organizational restructuring and shifting of focus to packaging solutions. Kautex has seen strong growth in this sector in the last few months. This growth cannot entirely compensate for the sudden drop in new orders in the au- tomotive business, but does show that the company has taken the right ap- proach. Despite the current downfall in the automotive sector, Kautex expects that demand in the automotive market will recover over time. The company will, therefore, remain committed to develop- ing composite applications in this busi- ness as well. The outlined structural adjustment be- came necessary due to a noticeable, worldwide reluctance of automotive suppliers to invest. However, by imple- menting the planned measures, Kautex is also reacting to fundamental changes in the plastics industry. Alongside the di- gitalization of production and service processes, the dominant issues that af- fect the future direction of the company are waste prevention and the processing of recycled, raw materials. Thomas Hart- kämper, who became COO in October 2019 and assumed the position of CEO in February 2020, has been decisive in leading the company's change process. In this context, Hartkämper has also an- nounced additional decisions affecting staffing: "In recent months, we have launched a large number of initiatives in the company. These will help Kautex Ma- schinenbau secure and extend its excel- lent position in the worldwide plastics market in the long term. We have created and approved the strategic road map for the future, and informed the worldwide Kautex organization about it. We have delegated responsibilities to exceptional talents from within our own ranks and will bring in external experts to join our global team, to further strengthen it." ➠ Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH www.kautex-group.com 是公司长远变革过程的组成部分，这一 过程不仅包括重新定位业务领域，还包 括去年开展的销售部门重组。 考特斯已从 2019 年开始扩展包装 和汽车事业部，提供更多的客户定制解 决方案。为能充分挖掘这两大应用领域 的市场潜力，公司已将销售部门调整为 事业部形式。 Michael Müller 先生十分期待他的 新工作，他表示：“塑料行业面临巨大 的社会、技术和经济挑战。作为交钥匙 系统供应商，我们有机会成为客户价值 链一从颗粒原料到成品的过程中重要的 一环。” New Global Sales Manager for the Packaging Division n In April Michael Müller took over the role of global sales director for packag- ing at Kautex Maschinenbau. Michael will be responsible for driving and ma- naging company's sales activities in pa- ckaging division. With his degree in engi- neering, Kautex occupies another key role in its global leadership team. The re- cruitment is part of a far-reaching change process, which includes not only the realignment of the business areas but also a restructuring of the sales or- ganization initiated last year. Since 2019 Kautex had already begun to expand the packaging division in additi- on to the automotive division, and to of- fer more customer-specific solutions. In order to be able to optimally raise the market potential of both segments, the company had also converted the sales organization to a division model. Michael Müller is looking forward to his new job: "The plastics industry is facing major social, technological and econo- mic challenges. As a system provider, we have the opportunity to be an important part of the customer's value chain, from granules to the finished product.“ n Michael Müller 先生从四月份起接 任考特斯机械制造有限公司包装业务的 全球销售总监，成为公司全球管理团队 的核心成员，负责管理与推进公司包装 事业部的销售业务。作为全球领先的吹 塑成型系统供应商，考特斯对 Michael Müller 先生这位硕士工程师的人事任命 包装部门新的全球销售经 理 Michael Müller (© Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH)