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18 July 2014
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KraussMaffei
driving company
growth in China
TO celebrate the trade show Chinaplas 2014 in Shanghai,
China, the KraussMaffei Group has inaugurated the second
production hall at its manufacturing plant in Haiyan, China.
Around 400 customers and business partners attended the
event. As part of the expansion of the plant, the production
space has been doubled and now covers 22,000m2. This
continues the company’s expansion strategy in China, where
it sees considerable growth potential for its KraussMaffei,
KraussMaffei Berstorff and Netstal brands.
“By doubling our production capacity to 22,000m2, we are
accommodating the increasing demand from China and Asia
for products that are manufactured locally yet drawing on
our considerable European expertise and meeting our high
standards of quality,” commented Jan Siebert, CEO of the
KraussMaffei Group.
Following several years of successfully producing
KraussMaffei Berstorff extrusionmachinery andKraussMaffei
reaction process machinery in China, KraussMaffei MX-
series injection moulding machines have been produced in
the expanded manufacturing plant since 2013. To strengthen
the local injection moulding portfolio, Netstal has opened
a new demonstration and training centre, which is also
available for customers to visit. It is home to a fully electric
Netstal Elion machine with a clamping force of 2,200kN.
KraussMaffei Group – Germany
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Changes on the
SMS board
DR Joachim Schönbeck, longstanding CEO of SMS Meer
GmbH and, since July 2013, spokesman of the managing
board of SMS Holding GmbH, left the SMS Group on 31
March 2014. His successor as spokesman of the board
of management of SMS Holding is Burkhard Dahmen,
chairman of the managing board of SMS Siemag AG.
Marcel Fasswald, managing director of SMS India, has
been appointed a further member of the managing board of
SMS Meer GmbH as of 1 April. Dr Heinrich Weiss, president
of the supervisory board of SMSHolding, said, “I wish to thank
Dr Schönbeck for his successful work and commitment to
the SMS group and for his many years of loyal cooperation.
I am sorry to see him go and at the same time pleased that
he will continue to support us in a consulting role.”
SMS Group – Germany
Fax: +49 211 881 4902
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