WORLD OF INDUSTRIES - MOTION, DRIVE & AUTOMATION 5/2017

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NEWS AND MARKETS
Schaeffler appoints Maxim
Shakhov as “CEO Russia”
Maxim Shakhov (50) has assumed the
position of ‘CEO Russia’ for the Schaeffler
Group from June 2017 and will be based in
Moscow. In this function, he will report
directly to Prof. Dr. Rainer Lindner, CEO of
Central & Eastern Europe and Middle East &
Africa. Following a successful career at DuPont and Vaillant in
Germany and Russia, Mr. Shakhov took over as CEO at the
Bionovatic Group, a Russian start-up company which specializes
in biotechnology, in 2016. With an engineering degree, an MBA,
and many years of experience on the Russian and German
markets, he meets all the requirements to further develop the
Schaeffler Group for the future in Russia. “We are delighted to
welcome Mr. Shakhov to Schaeffler, and believe that he will
successfully represent the Schaeffler Group’s Automotive and
Industrial divisions as well as cross-regional topics in the countries
of the Eurasian Economic Union”, said Prof. Dr. Lindner.
Photo: Maxim Shakhov, as the new CEO of Schaeffler Russia
www.schaeffler.com
Lapp expands international business with a
new assembly centre in Czech Republic
The cable and connection technology expert, Lapp Group is
continuing to expand its international production capabilities for
pre-assembled cables with a new facility in Otrokovice, Czech
Republic. Alongside its production facilities, Lapp has set up 3
competence centres in Singapore, New Jersey USA and Stuttgart
Germany. As a part of its international expansion, the company
produces the components for its cable systems all by itself, unlike
other providers who outsource. This allows Lapp to react flexibly to
new requirements and introduce special components or new
processes wherever necessary. The best example of this is Lapp’s
range of servo assemblies, for which the company completely
reinvented its entire servo assembly system, from the production
process to the cable and connector. This helped improve screening
against electromagnetic interference by at least 400 %. Assembly
providers who only purchase components may find it much more
difficult to do this themselves. Following the initial start of
production in Stuttgart, the new assemblies are now also being
manufactured in Singapore and later this year in New Jersey USA.
www.lappkabel.com
Arntz Optibelt opens a new storage facility
in Columbia
The manufacturer of high performance drive belts, Arntz Optibelt
Group has opened a new warehouse in Colombia with an area of
around 1,200 sq meters. The new warehouse is located in the free
trade area of Cali. The new location is conveniently situated in
direct proximity to a local international airport and to Colombia’s
main sea port, Buena¬ven¬tura. Due to its access to the pacific,
Cali is seen as Colombia’s gateway to Asia and the geographic hub
of Latin America’s Pacific integration. Here, agricultural, industrial
and automotive products will be stored alongside cutting
machines for timing belts, ready for operation. With this new
ware¬house, the company aims to improve the availability of
goods and significantly reduce delivery times. Initially, the
warehouse will mainly be used to supply customers in Colombia.
In a second stage, this will be extended to further customers in
Latin America. In North and South America, the high performance
drive belts of the Arntz Optibelt Group are predominantly used in
agriculture, in the oil, gas, automobile, mining, food and textile
industries as well as in pulp and paper production.
www.optibelt.com
Servo specialist, Elmo motion control opens
a new sales and support centre in UK
Elmo Motion Control, the specialist in servo drives and motion
control solutions has expanded its UK operations with a new sales
and service centre in West Midlands. The new centre is targeting
the UK’s burgeoning automation sector, printing and packaging,
machine builders, medical, robotics, automated guided vehicles,
test and inspection machinery sectors. The company was founded
in 1988 and today it designs, develops and sells servo drives,
multi-axis motion controllers and interface software. With
headquarters in Israel, the rising demand for its innovative
products has resulted in a dedicated presence in the USA, Germany,
Italy, Poland, China, Korea and now the UK. Elmo employees more
than 350 staff worldwide including 70 engineering experts. In 2015,
the company upgraded its production capabilities in Israel and
also opened a manufacturing centre in Poland to meet growing
demand from across Europe. Elmo’s R&D department combines
intelligent motion control technologies, real-time programming
and control algorithms with advanced digital hardware – all
controlled by a software environment that cuts integration time
and maintenance costs.
www.elmomc.com
WORLD OF INDUSTRIES – MOTION, DRIVE & AUTOMATION 5/2017