As of April 2021, the machine and plant manufacturer Reifenhäuser has
acquired a majority stake in Kdesign GmbH, a global leader in the
manufacture of air cooling rings and measuring systems for blown film
extrusion lines. With this purchase Reifenhäuser Group, a specialist in
extrusion technologies, expands its in-house expertise in cooling,
controlling, measuring and calibrating blown films and will give its
customers in this segment an even clearer competitive edge in the future.
Kdesign remains an independent company within the Reifenhäuser Group
and its business and customer relationships will continue unchanged.
Joachim Lange and Richard Zimmermann continue to head the company as
managing directors.
Reifenhäuser CEO Bernd Reifenhäuser looks forward to the value
opportunities for both companies and the customer benefits resulting from
the close association of the two specialists: „In the blown film production
process, cooling and controlling have a decisive impact on the quality of the
end product. Our colleagues at Kdesign already offer the best technology on
the market for this, which we are now bringing together with our extrusion
technology. Customers will benefit from the ideal pairing of cooling
expertise and specialist knowledge in hot parts. From now on, we can
perfectly harmonize our products for optimum performance and together we
can develop technologies more quickly.”
Current Kdesign customers will also benefit. As a member of the
Reifenhäuser Group, Kdesign now has access to a large international service
network and the world’s largest privately run research and development
centre for plastics extrusion. Richard Zimmermann, managing director of
Kdesign, says: „We will be able to be closer to our customers in the future
and have better development opportunities. Our location is just 20 minutes
away from Reifenhäuser’s headquarters. We are looking forward to working
together and having a close personal exchange.