Extrusion International 6-2017

13 Extrusion International 6/2017 NewManaging Director and newCTO at battenfeld-cincinnati Austria Effective 1 October 2017, Mr. Johannes Schwarz MBA, gradu- ate engineer, has become the new Managing Director of bat- tenfeld-cincinnati Austria in Vienna, Austria. The company’s new CTO, Dr. André Wieczorek, has been in office since 1 September 2017. “Vienna is the battenfeld-cincinnati competence center for PVC processing with its main focus on pipe, profile and board ex- trusion lines as well as WPC/NFC processing equipment. For the general and technical management of the facility, we have found two managers with excellent references from the plastics indus- try to drive the further development of our products and of the facility”, explains Gerold Schley, CEO of BC Extrusion Holding. Johannes Schwarz MBA, graduate engineer, was born in Lower Austria. Following his graduation in Electrical Engineering from TU Vienna, he joined a leading plastics blow molding machine manufacturer, first as Project Leader for Automation Technology, then as Manager of Electrical Engineering and CTO. From 2009 to 2017, he was the Managing Director responsible for Technol- ogy and Sales of Machinery and Equipment there. Schwarz com- pleted his further studies while in employment with anMBA from WU Vienna in 2005. Dr. André Wieczorek has been responsible for Product Develop- ment, Product Management and the technical lab in Vienna since September 2017. Following his studies of Plastics Technology at Montanuniversität Leoben he worked at the local Plastics Pro- cessing Institute as a university assistant and research associate. He was subsequently employed at leading Austrian industrial companies, first in Process Technology, then as Manager of R&D, Process Technology, in Project Management and finally as CTO.. www.battenfeld-cincinnati.com Johannes Schwarz MBA, graduate engineer and new Managing Director Dr. André Wieczorek, new CTO