Jochen Adler Assuming Reigns of Oerlikon Manmade Fibers

Remscheid, DE, October 4, 2016—January 1, 2017 brings change to the management of the development division within the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment; Dr. Klaus Schäfer is retiring from the company as planned. His successor is Jochen Adler, who has headed up the development project aanagement at the manmade fiber systems market leader for the past ten years.

The 45 year old 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.

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.