TPT September 2017

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New head of machine tech at KraussMaffei DR Stefan Kruppa has been appointed head of the machine technology department at KraussMaffei in Germany. He will take over from Dr Reinhard Schiffers, who will succeed Prof Dr Johannes Wortberg as Chair for Design and Plastics Machines at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

segment, which KraussMaffei brings together under the name Plastics 4.0. “We are delighted to have gained the services of Dr Kruppa, an experienced developer and visionary in digital plastics processing, as head of the machine technology department. Due to his excellent personal and technical skills, he will help to strengthen and expand this important business unit for KraussMaffei,” said Dr Hans Ulrich Golz, president of the injection moulding machinery segment at the KraussMaffei Group and managing director of KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH. The current head of the machine technology department, Dr Reinhard Schiffers, left KraussMaffei on 1 August Dr Schiffers has been at KraussMaffei since 2009, initially in research and development, and since October 2012 as head of the machine technology department. With his appointment as Professor at the University of Duisburg-

Since 2010 Dr Kruppa has been working as a development engineer and project manager in the machine technology department at KraussMaffei. In 2015, he obtained his PhD from the University of Duisburg- Essen with a thesis on the ‘Adaptive process control and alternative injection concepts for the injection moulding of thermoplastics’. Dr Kruppa sees the aim of his task to be the development of new intelligent systems and solutions for injection moulding machinery. Within this framework, he will also be in charge of activities involving Industry 4.0 for the injection moulding machinery

Dr Stefan Kruppa

Essen, he will return to a familiar locaton: It was where Dr Schiffers studied mechanical engineering and, in 2009 under Prof Wortberg, submitted his PhD thesis. KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH – Germany Website: www.kraussmaffeiberstorff.com

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