Oerlikon, a leading provider of technologies and services for manmade fibres manufacturing, has announced that Jochen Adler is taking over from Dr-Ing Dr h.c. Klaus Schäfer as the Head of Development of the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment, starting 1 January 2017.

The machine construction graduate engineer (FH) has worked in various areas of Research & Development at Oerlikon Barmag, where he was most recently responsible for the Development Project Management for the Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag brands.

“As a result of his work as Head of Development Project Management, Jochen Adler is the natural successor to Dr Schäfer. Dr Schäfer has decisively shaped the company over his more than 30 years with Oerlikon. His development work has been decisive in establishing us as a technology leader within the market; something that we continue to benefit from,” commented CEO Georg Stausberg, thanking the departing Chief Technology Officer for his commitment to the company.

Dr Schäfer

For over 30 years, Dr Klaus Schäfer headed up the development division at Oerlikon Barmag and later also Oerlikon Neumag. It was under his leadership that such technologies as the EvoQuench radial quenching system, the WINGS winder for POY and FDY filaments and the Sytec One BCF system for polyester recycling applications were developed.

The honorary IPA Kiev professor will remain a member of the board for the Barmag Brückner Engineering (BBE) joint venture in Remscheid.

Oerlikon Manmade Fibers

With its Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag brands, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment is the market leader in manmade fibre filament spinning systems, texturing machines, BCF systems, staple fibre systems, nonwovens and artificial turf systems and – as a service provider – offers engineering solutions for the entire textile value added chain.

The research and development at this division of the Oerlikon Group is driven by energy-efficiency and sustainable technologies. With the expansion of the product range to include polycondensation systems and their key components, the company now caters to the entire process – from the monomer all the way through to the textured yarn.

The primary Oerlikon Barmag markets are in Asia, and – for Oerlikon Neumag – in the USA, Turkey and China. Correspondingly, Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag – with just under 2,500 employees – has a presence in 120 countries as part of the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers network of production, sales and distribution and service organizations.

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