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27.09.2024

Röchling Industrial is Building New Engineering Centre

Röchling Industrial is Building New Engineering Centre

More than seven million euros are being invested by plastics processor Röchling Industrial in building the new Engineering Centre in Lahnstein, Germany. A modern and representative building will bring together key areas of the company. Röchling Industrial's second-largest site processes high-performance plastics used in particularly demanding areas of application. With the new construction Röchling Industrial wants to strengthen its innovation capacity and maintain its market position. The building will be completed at the end of 2025. 

Engineering Centre sets course for future growth

The Engineering Centre will be home to a state-of-the-art test laboratory, quality assurance and business development. Meeting rooms for customer visits, management offices and parts of the administration will also be located there. “The new building gives us the opportunity to react even faster and more flexibly to customer requirements. It also facilitates collaboration between the departments so that we can advance the development and testing of new products,” emphasises Mustafa Altintas, Technical Managing Director in Lahnstein.

“With the Engineering Centre, we are focusing on our customers and their needs,” explains Florian Helmich, CSO/CTO of Röchling Industrial. “We know the challenges our customers face and offer them the ideal material for their application. The Engineering Centre significantly strengthens our ability to innovate in the field of high-performance plastics.”

 

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Ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Engineering Center: Thomas Becher (Head of the Department of Construction, Environment, Urban Planning and Economic Enterprises of the City of Lahnstein), Eugen Schmidt (Managing Director Asian Operations Röchling Industrial), Iris Willrich (Head of Human Resources Röchling Industrial Lahnstein), Franz Lübbers (CEO Röchling Industrial), Lennart Seifert (Mayor of the City of Lahnstein), Mustafa Altintas (Technical Managing Director Röchling Industrial Lahnstein), Florian Helmich (CSO/CTO Röchling Industrial), Berthold Henschel (architectural firm Schomaker + Henschel), Jens Meyering (construction company Wösten), Marco Thieben (architectural firm Schomaker + Henschel) (from left to right). © Röchling Industrial
Change in the management team

With the retirement of Franz Lübbers on July 1, 2025, and Mustafa Altintas at the end of the year, the plastics processor is also announcing a change in the site's management as of January1, 2025.

Eugen Schmidt, Managing Director Asian Operations, will be appointed to the Management on January 1. He has been with Röchling in Lahnstein since 2006. In addition, Florian Helmich, CSO/CTO Röchling Industrial, joins the Management as Chairman. He began his career at Röchling in 1994 and, as Chief Sales and Chief Technology Officer, is also a member of the Executive Board of Röchling Industrial.

Iris Willrich, currently Head of Human Resources in Lahnstein, will also be appointed to the Management. She began her career at Röchling in 1985 and was promoted to Head of Human Resources in 1996.

(Source: Röchling Industrial Press Release)

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