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SEPTEMBER 2017 27
New head of machine tech at KraussMaffei
DR Stefan Kruppa has been appointed
head of the machine technology
department at KraussMaffei in Germany.
He will take over from Dr Reinhard
Schiffers, who will succeed Prof Dr
Johannes Wortberg as Chair for Design
and Plastics Machines at the University
of Duisburg-Essen.
Since 2010 Dr Kruppa has
been working as a development
engineer and project manager in the
machine technology department at
KraussMaffei. In 2015, he obtained his
PhD from the University of Duisburg-
Essen with a thesis on the ‘Adaptive
process control and alternative injection
concepts for the injection moulding of
thermoplastics’.
Dr Kruppa sees the aim of his task to
be the development of new intelligent
systems and solutions for injection
moulding machinery. Within this
framework, he will also be in charge
of activities involving Industry 4.0
for the injection moulding machinery
segment, which KraussMaffei brings
together under the name Plastics 4.0.
“We are delighted to have gained the
services of Dr Kruppa, an experienced
developer and visionary in digital
plastics processing, as head of the
machine technology department. Due
to his excellent personal and technical
skills, he will help to strengthen and
expand this important business unit
for KraussMaffei,” said Dr Hans
Ulrich Golz, president of the injection
moulding machinery segment at the
KraussMaffei Group and managing
director of KraussMaffei Technologies
GmbH.
The current head of the machine
technology department, Dr Reinhard
Schiffers, left KraussMaffei on 1 August
Dr Schiffers has been at KraussMaffei
since 2009, initially in research and
development, and since October 2012
as head of the machine technology
department. With his appointment as
Professor at the University of Duisburg-
Essen, he will return to a familiar
locaton: It was where Dr Schiffers
studied mechanical engineering and, in
2009 under Prof Wortberg, submitted
his PhD thesis.
KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH –
Germany
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Dr Stefan
Kruppa