Wolfgang Studener takes over the management of both groups of companies. Consistent continuation of the two-brand strategy.

Cincinnati Extrusion and the Battenfeld Extrusion group, both part of the private-equity investor Triton’s portfolio since the beginning of 2007, will be united under a single leadership in future. Effective September 01, 2008 Wolfgang Studener, Man-aging Director of Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik for many years, will take over the management of both groups of companies, which, in addition to the two parent com-panies in Bad Oeynhausen and Vienna, include American Maplan, USA, B+C Extrusion Systems, PR China, Extrusion Kempen, Germany and the Cincinnati Extrusion subsidiaries in Japan and the USA. Studener’s successor at Battenfeld Extrusions-technik, who will take up his new responsibilities at the same time, is Rainer Kottmeier, previously General Manager of the professional pipe product group and a member of Battenfeld’s Management Board. The top management of Cincinnati Extrusion will remain in the experienced hands of Walter Haeder.

The reorganization of both groups of companies will manifest itself in intensified back-end integration, by pooling the corporate sectors strategic purchasing, production, logistics and financial administration of both groups of companies. The production of the vital components such as industrial extruder screws and extrusion dies, which requires special extrusion equipment know-how, will remain at the facilities in Vienna, Bad Oeynhausen and McPherson, USA (American Maplan). Here, the focus will be on a drastic reduction in delivery times.