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Coperion K-Tron Supplies Feeding Systems for Continuous Production at Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH
Coperion K-Tron Niederlenz, Switzerland, has supplied two feeding systems comprising five feeders each to Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH in Freiburg, Germany, as part of a project to expand their existing plant and switch to continuous production.
Coperion sets up structural project to improve earnings situation
Due to the expected growth in demand for plastics particularly in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific in the future, the Board of Directors of Coperion Holding GmbH, Konstanz, has set up a project to re-evaluate all the Groups’s worldwide production capacities and supply chain.
Management Change at the Plant Engineering Group (Coperion)
Having seen through the successful integration of the Werner & Pfleiderer, Waeschle and Buss company groups under the umbrella of Coperion, Dr. Hans-Jörg Pfeiffer, President of the Executive Board of Coperion Holding GmbH, Konstanz (Germany) and Head of the Georg Fischer Corporation’s Plant Engineering Group, will retire at the end of August on reaching the age of 64. Hans-Jörg Pfeiffer has declared his willingness to put his industrial experience at the disposal of Coperion and Georg Fischer as an external consultant.
Pumpenfabrik Wangen GmbH Appoints New Managing Director and CEO
Pumpenfabrik Wangen appoints a new Managing Director and CEO: As of November 2, 2020, Claus Garnjost will lead the company based in Wangen, Germany. CEO Markus Hofheinz has left the company to pursue new professional opportunities.
ViscoTec: Continuous Dosing into an Extruder with High Pressure Stability
When dosing highly viscous pharmaceutical products, high dosing pressures are often necessary for the precise dosing of very small quantities due to the nature of the process. The ability to displace fluid without pulsation while under high pressures is essential for applications such as supplying active ingredients into an extruder.
Wear-protected Rotary Valve for 60 t/h Dry Lignite
Coperion GmbH, recently supplied and successfully commissioned a wear-protected rotary valve for the RWE Power AG Ville / Berrenrath coal refinery.
Georg Fischer affected by weak global demand for capital goods
The poor health of the capital goods and semiconductor industries worsened further during the first half of the year. As a result, sales at the Georg Fischer Corporation were 15 % lower (11 % when adjusted for exchange rates) than the year-back period, at CHF 1 732 million.
Death of Manfred Wolf
On the morning of Wednesday, June 19, Manfred Wolf, a member of the Executive Board of Coperion Holding GmbH, Konstanz (Germany), unexpectedly died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 64. He passed away while taking part in a meeting for the Coperion Group, the Plant Engineering Group of the Georg Fischer Corporation.