Extrusion International 3-2017

20 Extrusion International 3/2017 INDUSTRY NEWS Dienes Corp President Bill Shea 30 years anniversary Rudolf Supe-Dienes, CEO and owner of Dienes Group was proud to present the 30 years certificate of honor and a solid silver pin to Dienes Corp’s long standing CEO William S. (Bill) Shea at the ICE show in Orlando. With his more than 30 years of experience Bill Shea is recog- nized in the US as one of the leading experts in the slitting and converting industry. His long employment at the Dienes Group is just another example of the company’s culture of long term strategic thinking which is so typical for companies from the German Mittelstand (SME) sector. The DIENES Group founded in 1913 with it’s more than 400 employees in 10 countries supplies highest quality circu- lar and straight machine knives, knife holders and complete automated cutting assemblies for web based materials such as (among others) paper, film, ferrous and non ferrous foils and coils, textiles, nonwovens, battery foils along with com- plementing re-sharpening and technical service. www.dienes.de ExtricomBlach Extruder & Components joins CPMExtrusion Group CPM Holding Inc. (CPM), the world’s leading supplier of processing equipment and technology tot he animal feed, oil- seed, bioenergy, food processing, and plastics compounding industries announces the acquisition of ExtricomBlach Extrud- er & Components in Lauffen, Germany. Extricom is a leading supplier of twin screw extruder replace- ment parts and is the inventor of the innovative RingExtruder, a multi-screw extruder developed to compound high vicosity materials. Extricom represents a technology and geographic comple- ment with CPM Extrusion Group’s Century Extrusion of Tra- verse City, Michigan, and Ruiya Extrusion of Nanjing, China. With the acquisition, the CPM Extrusion Group builds on ist global platform for compounding equipment and systems, re- placement parts, and services. „The CPM Extrusion Group has grown to meet the needs of our global customers and this acquisition will allow us to fur- ther complement that service with a major base in Europe,“ remarked CPM Extrusion Group President Bob Urtel, „Extri- com’s advanced twin screw and multi-screw design and pro- cess knowledge will enhance the Group’s applications capa- bilities and with it, our value proposition to the customers.“ „The CPMExtrusion Groupwith locations in the United States, Germany, and China will provide customers with an extensive www.extricom.de , www.corporate.cpm.net , www.cpmextrusiongroup.com compounding product offering including three levels of twin screw extruders and the RingExtruder. With our expanded portfolio of compounding equipment and our world class pro- cess and applications group, we will deliver highly innovative solutions to a wide array of end users. This merger of twin screw and RingExtruder technologies of- fers customers with the widest portfolio of equipment and parts in the world “, says Charlie Spearing, General Manager, Global Twin Screw Operations. „We are committed to delivering process solutions for all sec- torsworkingwithhigh-viscositymaterial, fromplastics topow- der coating and rubber to food products,“ says Markus Blach of Extricom. „With our expanded portfolio of compounding equipment and a world class process and applications group, we will deliver highly innovative solutions to a wide array of applications.“ The acquisition will significantly expand CPM’s portfolio of compounding equipment, replacement parts and services. The CPM Extrusion Group offers sales, service, manufacturing and process technology centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Bill Shea (Center), Rudolf Supe-Dienes (second from right) Dienes automatic positioning system