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2 Reader Survey Dear Reader, A good newsletter should respond to its readers’ wishes, which is why in our previous issue we requested your opinion and asked you what you liked about “Forum IPW” and where we could improve it. Many readers made use of the opportunity and we thank them very much for doing so. Your replies have proved very helpful in our efforts to improve our information service. As a token of our thanks we entered all participants’ names into a draw, the prizes being an MP3 player, a digital camera and a fountain pen. The 8 megapixel Sony DSC-W90 camera was won by a reader in Sweden: Fredrik Meuller, president of Trelleborg Protective Products. The iPod video player with a 30 GB memory went to Frank Ludwig, PPC Card Systems GmbH in Paderborn, and the Montblanc “Meisterstück” fountain pen was won by Georg Hennig, Dr. Schnell Chemie GmbH, Munich. Congratulations to all winners. Yours truly Alf Wilkens Manager Industrial Park Walsrode © Industrial Park Walsrode 01.2008 New works restaurant In-park gastro experience Eurest Deutschland assures the 2,600 employees in the Industrial Park that it is committed to cooking with passion and pleasure. The new in-park restaurant opened its doors at the beginning of January 2008. Eurest Deutschland is one of the leading institutional catering firms nationwide. Some 8,000 employees cater to the needs of more than 250,000 people all over the country. And for the employees of the companies M-Pro-Tec GmbH Setting up own facilities at IPW The Walsrode-based company M-Pro-Tec GmbH is expanding its activities at the IPW. The enterprise, which develops special packaging machinery for the food industry, is investing in its own warehouse and a workshop where the packaging machines are to be assembled, programmed, tested and inspected. Founded three years ago, the company provides engineering and pro- resident in the IPW, too, Eurest offers variety and quality. Regular gourmet, theme and special lunches alongside wok dishes, pasta or grilled meals plus regional specialities provide for culinary variety. The new works restaurant has seating for 300 people and can be also booked by the IPW companies for employee assemblies or promotional events. ject management from the conceptual design stage through to the finished item. It focuses on machines and processes tailored to the requirements of the food industry. During its first two years, M-Pro-Tec worked closely together with the IPW’s technical service provider, Probis. This cooperation will be intensified still further in the wake of M-Pro-Tec’s expansion.
Dow Wolff Cellulosics IPW: a globalization hotspot Continued from page 1 One of the key success factors for Dow Wolff Cellulosics is its ability to launch effective product solutions for its customers and to develop the necessary forward-looking process technologies. To provide the basis for developing modern processes so as to be flexible and effective, the appropriate resources are now being consolidated at the stateof-the-art research and development facilities located in Bomlitz, Germany. Methylcellulose process development is being consolidated in Bomlitz This means that new jobs in conjunction with process development will be created at the Bomlitz site. The process engineers will then benefit from the amassed on-site expertise and experience as well as from their very good knowledge of the various production plants. “This will also underpin Bomlitz as a research location,” says Sonntag, confirming the company’s decision to consolidate methylcellulose capacities and know-how in Bomlitz, where technicians scale up the process from the laboratory to the industrial scale and also develop and optimize new production processes. This commitment within the IPW is also testimony of the location’s growing attractiveness for globally operating concerns. Some seven years ago the Finnish conglomerate Wihuri took over the films division of the former Wolff Walsrode AG, thereby integrating it into its Wipak Group and expanding it into its largest production site. The IPW became the group’s strategic hub in Europe. Today, Wipak is among the leading European suppliers of packaging films. Currently, six companies operating in the chemical and plastics processing sector plus several service and infrastructure providers are based in the IPW. More information at: www.dowwolffcellulosics.de IPW Forum – Issue 01|2008 Innovation & Growth “Consolidating methylcellulose expertise in Bomlitz”: production facility at the Industrial Park Walsrode Cellulose – an inexhaustible resource Cellulose can be found virtually everywhere in the natural world. Some natural fibres such as cotton, hemp, flax and jute consist almost entirely of cellulose, whereas the cellulose content of wood is around 40–60 per cent. The natural synthesis of cellulose totals about 60 billion tons of per year, resulting in the practically unlimited availability of this renewable resource. It is currently extracted mainly from wood. In linters (cottonseed hair), cellulose is present in almost pure form. It stabilizes the cell walls of most plants. By modifying its basic structure, it is converted into a versatile material for use in many areas of modern life. Processing it to obtain cellulose derivatives involves technologically demanding and complex processes with a low environmental impact, resulting in the specific properties that enhance building materials, food products, printing inks, coatings, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. www.industriepark-walsrode.com · Info: office@industriepark-walsrode.de
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