Extrusion Asia Edition 1-2025

13 EXTRUSION & RECYCLING ASIA 1/2025 INDUSTRY NEWS Your competent partner in plastics processing mixing, dosing, conveying and drying Made in Germany www.koch-technik.com EXPAND YOUR CAPABILITIES Halle 10 - A17 Personalia The Brückner Group, a market leader in engineering of machinery and equipment for processing plastics and al - ternative materials. Its continuous global success is based on a forward-thinking, long-term personnel strategy. This approach enables the company to consistently lling open management positions from its own international organ - isation. A Veteran Departs Helmut Huber, Managing Director of Sales and Project and Product Management at Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH, retired at the end of 2024. Over his 33-year tenure, Huber played a pivotal role in the company's growth, serv - ing in various positions including technical buyer, Head of Assembly, project manager, Head of Project Manage - ment, and since 2016, Managing Director and Chief Sales O cer (CSO). His term included the record-breaking year of 2021, with nearly 80 lm stretching lines sold. An Outstanding Successor E ective January 1, 2025, Markus Gschwandtner will succeed Helmut Huber. Gschwandtner has over 35 years of experience in the lm stretching industry, having ex - celled as the Regional Sales Manager for China and lat - er as Head of Sales for the Eastern region at Brückner Maschinenbau. Since 2016, he has demonstrated excep - tional leadership as Managing Director/CEO of Brückner Servtec, overseeing sales and technology and driving the company's growth. Replacement at Brückner Servtec Sebastian Lange will succeed Markus Gschwandtner as of January 1, 2025. Lange started his career at Brückner Group in 2018 as a Senior Sales Manager at Brückner Maschinenbau. He later moved to Brueckner Group USA as Vice President of the Film Division, where he signi - cantly expanded the division's expertise and strengthened Brückner Servtec's presence in the US market over the past ve years. Dr. Axel von Wiedersperg, Managing Director/CEO of Brückner Group, commented on the successful person - nel strategy: "We are delighted to manage the succes - sion of key positions with such foresight. The appoint - ments of Markus Gschwandtner and Sebastian Lange demonstrate that long-term career planning bene ts ev - eryone involved. The international experience our lead - ers have gained ensures Brückner Group’s commitment to excellence, bene ting our employees, our Group, and our customers worldwide." Brückner Group SE www.brueckner.com