Extrusion International USA 4-2021

Extrusion International 4/2021 ccagmbh.de hoch5.com Innovation is our Passion CCA offers different adjustable calibration sleeves to optimize your plastic pipe production – from 14 up to 2,600 mm pipe outside diameter. Discover now the individual solution for your needs: • conventional • 2-point adjustment • 1-point adjustment • 4-point adjustment „ Ten leading personalities from the international plastics industry were recently inducted into the “Plastics Hall of Fame” – one of them is Ulrich Reifenhäuser, CSO of the Reif- enhäuser Group, Chairman of the Exhibitors’ Advisory Board of the “K” plastics show and Chairman of the Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association in the VDMA. The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) founded the Hall of Fame 1972 to recognize the industry leaders who have made a special contribution to the success of the plas- tics industry worldwide through their activities. Nomination takes place every three years and the winners are usually an- nounced at the NPE, America’s largest plastics show. “It is with great delight and pride that I accept the honor of becoming a member of the Plastics Hall of Fame,” says Ulrich Reifenhäuser. “It comes at a turning point in our industry that is undergoing possibly one of the most exciting phases since the invention of plastic. Whereas the focus in the past was on material performance and costs, the dominant top- ics now are on recyclability and a holistic circular economy. We will harness this change as an opportunity. With its low weight, high functionality and recyclability, plastic has all the characteristics to make a decisive contribution to climate neutrality.” Ulrich Reifenhäuser was predestined for a career in plastics. As the son of Hans Reifenhäuser, who was also posthumous- ly inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame in 2014, he now runs the family business in the third generation together with his brother Bernd Reifenhäuser (CEO). He fi rst started working in the extruder construction department of his father’s com- pany at the age of 16. After studying economics and holding various positions, he joined the executive management of the Reifenhäuser Group in 1992. Since that time, he has been responsible as Chief Sales Of fi cer (CSO) for international line sales and has built up an international network of customers and partners second to none. In 2022, he will be jointly re- sponsible for the world’s leading plastics show in Düsseldorf as “Chairman of K show” for the seventh time in a row. Inducted into the “Plastics Hall of Fame” Reifenhäuser Group www.reifenhauser.com Ulrich Reifenhäuser (CSO, Reifenhäuser Group) is now a member of the “Plastics Hall of Fame” (Photo: Reifenhäuser)