Extrusion International USA 4-2022

22 Extrusion International 4/2022 INDUSTRY NEWS  Effective June 16, 2022, Kubota Corporation acquired all shares in Brabender Technologie and made it a wholly owned subsidiary of Kubota Holdings Europe. Japan's Kubota Corporation, with its mature technologi- cal knowledge, operates in a wide range of business areas. Kubota Corporation's gravimetric feeders are mainly used in production processes for powders and granules in Japan, China, Korea, and the rest of Asia, where they hold a high market share. Brabender Technologie has become one of the world's largest gravimetric feeding systems companies, with not only enormous technical expertise, but also expertise in handling a variety of materials with many years of experi- ence in different industry-specific applications. As part of the same group, Kubota and Brabender Tech- nologie will further expand their business in the gravimet- ric and volumetric feeder market with a targeted manner in the future. Bruno Dautzenberg, Managing Director of Brabender Technologie, explains, "Kubota Corporation's strengths in the Asian market perfectly complement our technology, technical know-how and existing sales and ser- vice network in the European and American markets." Brabender Technologie GmbH & Co. KG www.brabender-technologie.com Acquition  As of 30 May 2022, EREMA Group acquired 19.8 % of plasticpreneur ® gmbh. plasticpreneur® is an Austrian start-up company founded two years ago that manufactures at its produc- tion site in Klagenfurt recycling solu- tions for plastic waste that are mobile and can be operated without prior knowledge. The machine portfolio covers the recycling process and the production of new end-products. Due to it´s wide range of applications, it is in demand both in the Global South and in industrialised countries. In the two years since the company was founded, plasticpreneur® has al- ready sold 330 machines to customers in over 70 countries on all continents. In addition, they have made over 750 application-specific moulds, many of them custom-built to comply with in- dividual customer specifications. An achievement that impressed Man- fred Hackl, CEO EREMA Group, from the moment he first met them: "The young founders and their dedicated team exude pioneering spirit, want to shape the future with their work and put their heart and soul into the circular economy and plastics recy- cling. Just like we do in the EREMA Group!" While plastics recycling has gained enormous momentum in the indus- Stake in Start-Up Company Meeting between representatives of Kubota Corporation and Brabender Technologie, f.l.t.r.: Jan Pardon (Managing Director Brabender Dienstleistungs GmbH/ Brabender Services), Dr. Günter Kuhlmann (Managing Director Brabender Technologie), Hideki Saiki (Department Manager Precision Equipment Sales Department, Kubota Corporation), Tomohiro Fukihara (Managing Director Precision Equipment Business Unit), Peter Eßer (Managing Director Holzhauer Holding), Bruno Dautzenberg (Managing Director Brabender Technologie) Fromthe left: FlorianMikl (CTO), RaphaelaEgger (DesignLead), Boris Rauter (R&DMachines andMoulds), SörenLex (CEO) (Photo: plasticpreneur ® )