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Daniel Link "Our customers benefit

has been appointed from our sustainable

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CEO of Loepfe production of manmade

fibers within growth
Mr. Daniel Link (left), Mr. Maurizio Wermelinger (right)
Loepfe Brothers Ltd. announces the appointment of Daniel Link as Chief Executive Officer with effect from May
1st 2018. Maurizio Wermelinger, the current CEO, will retire but will remain as an advisor for a limited period of markets like textile and
time to ensure a smooth transition.
apparel, infrastructure,
The management of Loepfe takes the opportunity to thank Maurizio Wermelinger for his valuable contribution
for the company. Maurizio Wermelinger has guided Loepfe successfully over the past ten years, particularly transportation, food,
during periods of difficult economic situations in the textile industry. As former production manager, he
focussed strongly on Swiss quality in manufacturing – an approach, which has been proven to be a big energy and electronics. “
success. Under his aegis several new instruments and services have been successfully developed and
integrated into the portfolio.
Georg Stausberg,
Daniel Link is an experienced leader in the textile industry. He holds a Master in Engineering from EPFL, CEO Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Segment
Lausanne, and an MBA in General Management from the University of St. Gallen. Daniel Link held several AD
management positions in R&D and Product Management at OC Oerlikon, before he joined Rieter Management
AG in 2007 as a Senior Project Manager Corporate Planning & Development. In the last 8 years, he
successfully served as CEO of Bräcker AG. Loepfe is excited to welcome Daniel Link. With his well-founded
skills and long-standing competences, he is the ideal person to join the team and drive the next phase of
growth for the company.

Russia to increase the technical

fiber production by 2020 From Melt to Yarn, Fibers and Nonwovens

The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has has mobilised its fuel and energy resources for the It all starts with a few chemicals. Transforming these into smart clothing, technical textiles
announced their plans to double the country’s technical needs of the domestic technical textiles market.” or tire cord requires great ideas, outstanding equipment and sophisticated processes.
fibres production by 2020. To implement these plans,
Russia will expand the use of its large reserves of oil According to the Vice-President of the Russian Union
and other resources, including timber and other raw of Chemists Sergei Golubkov, currently, chemical Oerlikon Manmade Fibers engineers support you in ensuring that your entire project
materials for the production of synthetics. industry accounts for about 1.8% in the Russian GDP, is a total success. We will accompany you on your journey from chemical product to
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Currently, the domestic production of technical fibres 10-14% for developed countries. Golubkov also said nonwoven production.
can meet only 30% of Russia’s annual demand, that reaching the EU levels would contribute to the
however, as part of the government plans, this might growth of the Russian technical textiles industry. From Melt to Yarn, Fibers and Nonwovens.
change. Russia’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Thus, the government plans to solve the problem of a
Trade Viktor Yevtukhov stated that “We are planning shortage of long term funds, which in recent years
to use the experience of some foreign countries in has become one of the most pressing problems for
this field, one of which is UAE, which in recent years domestic producers.
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