Reifenhäuser further expands with acquisition of Enka Tecnica
The Reifenhäuser Group has acquired the German spinneret manufacturer and longstanding supplier Enka Tecnica. Uwe Gaedike will continue as CEO of the company, which will operate as an independent business unit within the Reifenhäuser Group.
Reifenhäuser consistently pursues technology leadership through in-house development and the acquisition of companies with know-how in market-relevant technologies. Bernd Reifenhäuser, CEO of the Reifenhäuser Group, said: “Our customers are won over, above all, by our leading technology. With Enka Tecnica, the specialist in spinnerets, we can accelerate future development in the area of extrusion tools, and further establish our leading market position in the field of nonwovens.
“However, our goal is to achieve growth in all of Enka Tecnica’s business areas: As a result, all of the existing business relations will be left unchanged, and all of the existing product segments will continue to be further developed. We guarantee Enka Tecnica the independence that the company needs in order to continue to work with customers on custom development projects in strict confidentiality.”
In addition to the market segment spinnerets for nonwovens, which is of particular relevance for Reifenhäuser, Enka Tecnica also serves the segments wet and dry spinning, melt spinning, and micro components. Uwe Gaedike, Enka Tecnica’s CEO, is especially excited about the opportunities that the new corporate structure offers for accelerated innovation and sustainable growth: “Effective immediately, we are operating as part of a stable, financially secure group that thinks and acts based on the long term. For us, this is very positive. There will be no changes in respect to existing business relations and partnerships – our customers will now be able to benefit from our expanded development capacities: When collaborating with us on development projects, our customers now have the option of also bringing in experts from the Reifenhäuser network. The decision to do so is, of course, always in the hands of our business partners.”