Extrusion International 2-2021

15 Extrusion International 2/2021 Changes to the Management Board „ Plastics processor Ensinger is seeing some changes at the top: at his own request, Klaus Ensinger is giving up his op- erational management role and therefore his seat on the Ensinger GmbH Management Board. He will, however, con- tinue to provide support to strategic projects and be a mem- ber of supervisory bodies. The Management Board now consists of three people: Dr. Roland Reber, Dr. Oliver Frey and Ralph Pernizsak. Ralph Pernizsak was appointed Managing Director on first of April, 2020. Ensinger GmbH www.ensingerplastics.com Cooperation „ Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen is now distributing polyamide compounds from Ascend Performance Materials, the world’s largest fully integrated manufacturer of polyamide 6.6, in Germany andmost other European countries. In addition to Vydyne ® (PA 6.6, PA 6) the product portfolio also includes the new HiDura ® Long-Chain PA 6.10/6.12 series. The Ascend product families consists of non-reinforced, reinforced, impactmodified and flame retardant engineeredplastics aswell as special formulations for extrusion and injectionmoulding. “We are pleased to have gained a strong partner in Ascend, a leader in the field of engineering plastics, which completes our productportfoliowithpolyamidecompounds forour customers. This cooperation follows our strategy of offering our customers an integral technical product solutions portfolio of high quality for a wide range of segments and requirements such as auto- motive, E&E, e-mobility as well as industrial,” says Dr. Stephan Schnell, Managing Director of K.D. Feddersen GmbH & Co. KG. K.D. Feddersen GmbH & Co. KG www.kdfeddersen.com