Capturing new markets with high-performance technologies
Since January this year Dr Jochen Nippel (PhD) has managed the business of the Keller Division (Keller HCW GmbH and morando S.R.L.) in the Groupe Legris Industries. On the back of his experience in mechanical engineering gathered in various markets worldwide, he intends to further internationalize the Keller Division and set it up as a supplier of turn-key plants for the clay brick and roofing tile industry with an assured future.
Zi: Is the heavy clay plant and equipment business completely new to you?
JN: Of course, the clay brick and tile industry has its own rules and is a sector with specific market development. But I do come from plant and machine engineering and I have established that the approaches are very similar. The entire turnkey and project business, actually the entire plant and machine engineering branch works according to the same principles and face similar problems and challenges. Cross-industry issues are the optimization of machines and equipment, the production with element systems and in modular...
