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19 Extrusion International 2/2023 as project advisory board or for test - ing and further development of the CCP. Companies wishing to become part of COPPA can contact the SKZ. The cooperation partners: The SKZ and the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH contribute knowledge in the field of sustainability and circular economy. The Forschungsinstitut für Rational- isierung e.V. (FIR) of RWTH Aachen University is active in the field of business transformation. GS1 Ger - many GmbH, as a standardization organization, underpins the mar- ket-based orientation of the CCP. The European EPC Competence Center GmbH (EECC) operates in the market as a leading provider of traceability solutions, while Infosim GmbH & Co. KG covers the areas of network management and ERP sys- tems. The consortium is rounded off by the Reifenhäuser Group, which supplies equipment for the produc - tion of plastic packaging. SKZ Dr. Hermann Achenbach, h.achenbach@skz.de www.skz.de Circular economy scheme for recyclates as a basis for COPPA (Image: SKZ) Personalia  Change in Technical Management Stefan Lehner-Dittenberger suc- ceeds Dr. Wilfried Lehmann, who is retiring, as Technical Manager. Dr. Wilfried Lehmann was Techni - cal Manager at Bekum in Berlin for more than 10 years. Stefan Lehner-Dittenberger has already taken over as Techni - cal Director on December 1, 2022. Lehner-Dittenberger is a trained mechanical engineer at the Vienna University of Technology. He has been with Bekum since March 1, 2020 as head of design for large blow moulding machines and auto- mation technology in Traismauer, Austria, and brings with him a high level of management and design experience. In his new position, he is now also responsible for the de - sign of all blow moulding machines as well as extruders and extrusion heads, designed and manufactured by Bekum. Since the transition of this func - tion was planned for the future, Lehner-Dittenberger was already able to familiarise himself exten - sively. The new development of the small and large blow moulding ma- chines of the 8 series, which were presented for the first time at the K 2022 trade fair in Düsseldorf, al- ready carries his signature. New Area Sales Manager Stefanie Georgi has joined Bekum as Area Sales Manager at the Trais- mauer location. “We are excited to welcome Stefanie Georgi to our international team,” said Oliver Wolff, Director Sales &Marketing at Bekum. Georgi has a master degree in en- gineeringwith the focus onmachine and processing technology. She can look back on many years of experi - ence in different responsibilities in the plastics industry in Germany and Switzerland. As Area Sales Manager at Bekum Georgi will be responsible for the sales of small, packaging and in- dustrial blow moulding solutions in Germany, Spain and Portugal. Re- garding the new challenge, Georgi says: " After a long time as project manager, I am grateful to become part of the Bekum family. I am look - ing forward to apply my previous experience from the blow moulding industry and to start new challenges together with Bekum, especially in the sales area team." BekumMaschinenfabriken GmbH www.bekum.com Stefan Lehner-Dittenberger Stefanie Georgi (Both images, sources: Bekum)