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COMPANIES Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher turned 70 Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher celebrated his seventieth birthday on December 20, 2021. Until his withdrawal from the day-to-day business on July 1, 2019, the entrepreneur was active for more than 40 years in the Eppingen-based family business DIEFFENBACHER GMBH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, which he led as CEO beginning in 1985. As a member of the Board of Advisors and in various other capacities, Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher remains closely associated with the company. After completing his studies in business administration at the University of Saarbrücken, Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher gained his first professional experience at the machine manufacturer Pathex in Toronto, Canada. In 1979 he returned to Germany and took over the commercial management of the family business run by his father Gerhard Dieffenbacher and his father’s cousin Albert Dieffenbacher. Six years later, Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher followed in his father’s footsteps as a member of the Management Board. “Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher shaped the company for decades with his landmark decision in 1989 to develop the continuous wood-based panel press,” recalled CFO Volker Kitzelmann, who joined the DIEFFENBACHER Management Board in 2016 together with Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher’s son Christian. Internationalization and the strengthening of the company’s complete plant competence highlighted Wolf-Gerd Dieffenbacher’s work. His efforts to build the company’s proficiency included setting up the Automation business unit and founding an external Board of Advisors. Meanwhile, he laid the foundation for new foreign subsidiaries in the United States, Malaysia, India, Russia, China and elsewhere and production sites in Canada, the Czech Republic and China. Additionally, he led the acquisition and integration of several competitors, including Schenkmann-Piel, Schenck, Maier, Metso and SWPM, transforming the company from a nationally oriented machine manufacturer to a globally focused and world-leading plant manufacturer. www.dieffenbacher.de Key positions strengthened Vecoplan has had two new sales managers since the beginning of October: Tim Hamer is now responsible for Sales in the Recycling | Waste division, Kersten Beib in the Wood | Biomass division. Vecoplan has now sustainably strengthened its sales team. Both managers have a great deal of experience and expertise. In recent months, Vecoplan AG has continued to increase the number of sales staff in its most important growth markets and applications. Key positions are now held by the two new sales managers. They will ensure that employees can successfully operate together internationally and achieve the goals they have set. The sales managers are responsible for strategic planning and operational implementation. These tasks require a great deal of experience and know-how. This is why Vecoplan has been relying on Tim Hamer (38) in the Recycling | Waste division since the beginning of October. Tim Hamer has been responsible for the Recycling | Waste business unit as sales manager since October 1st. Kersten Beib has been in charge of sales for the Wood | Biomass division of Vecoplan AG since October 1st. Kersten Beib has been in charge of sales in the Wood | Biomass division since October. The 54-year-old can draw on a great deal of experience. He has been working for the wood processing industry since the beginning of his career in mechanical and plant engineering. The trained industrial clerk began his career at a mechanical engineering company. After in-service training, he worked there as an Area Sales Manager. In 2008, he moved to Vecoplan. Four years later, he went back to his old employer and took over the CEO position there. Now, almost ten years later, he is sales manager at Vecoplan. Kersten Beib has a solid knowledge of the market and products in the field of material processing and handling in the wood industry. www.vecoplan.de 6 No. 1 • March 2022
COMPANIES Dr. Sergej Schwarz Member of the Executive Board of HOMAG Group AG The Supervisory Board of HOMAG Group AG has appointed Dr. Sergej Schwarz (49) to the Executive Board effective January 1, 2022. This means that it will consist of three members even after the retirement of the Chairman of the CEO, Ralf W. Dieter, on December 31, 2021: Dr. Daniel Schmitt as the new Chief Executive Officer, Rainer Gausepohl as Chief Financial Officer and Dr. Sergej Schwarz. Schwarz joined the HOMAG Group back in 2016 as Head of the Edge Processing business unit. Since March of 2021, he has also been Spokesman of the Board of Management of HOMAG GmbH, Schopfloch, and Managing Director of HOMAG Kantentechnik GmbH, Lemgo. As a member of the Executive Board, he will in future be responsible for the global activities of the Edge Processing business unit and the project business with large-scale plants. In addition, he is responsible for the Indian location of the HOMAG Group. Before joining the HOMAG Group, the graduate engineer held various management positions at Schaeffler AG in Herzogenaurach and Schweinfurt for many years, most recently as Vice President of the Renewable Energies sector. www.homag.com Vacuum coating technology Issue of unmatched flat panel edges and surfaces solved In the past, flat panel decoration has faced a recurrent issue without a satisfactory solution: how to make the surface of the panel match its edge perfectly. Using vacuum coating technologies developed for both surface and edge, we have solved that problem. There is a perfect combination to solve this issue, made up of two machines Cefla has created created. One is the Smartedge, a complete solution for finishing panel edges, the other is Smartvacuum, the latest innovation to coat the flat panel surface. Same technique, same lacquer, same top quality. Smartvacuum deposits 100/140g per sqm of 100 % UV lacquer in a single step, far less than a spray coater. This reduces costs, lead time and streamlines the coating process. No solvents either for a more sustainable process. Panels move on to Smartedge and you obtain an excellent match between panel surface and edge. Using vacuum coating for both sections, quality is increased whereas process times and costs are reduced. Moreover, the stability of UV lacquers is better than those used currently, so the quality finish obtained will also last much longer. www.cefla.it No. 1 • March 2022 7
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Page 11 and 12: From single tool to product family
Page 13 and 14: MACHINING TECHNOLOGY OSB from date
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Page 17 and 18: MACHINING TECHNOLOGY New equipment
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