Furnace Builder “Aichelin Group” Adds to Management Team
With the upcoming heat treatment exhibition in Cologne, Germany Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” will be spending some time seeing a number of companies involved in the heat treatment industry in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Consequently expect to see a number of news items from the European heat treat industry.
“The AICHELIN Group is further expanding its team in the field of industrial vacuum heat treatment and battery materials. With the appointment of Dominic Kraus as Sales Manager Europe for vacuum furnaces and Patrick Lamprecht as Business Development & Sales Manager Battery Materials, two experts will support the Group in its strategic development and international expansion.
In his new role, Dominic Kraus (30) will be responsible for setting up the sales of AICHELIN’s new vacuum division in Europe. The joint venture between the AICHELIN Group and Sistem Teknik, which was founded in the spring, will sell technologies for industrial vacuum heat treatment and related services in Europe. With this expansion of the product portfolio, the AICHELIN Group is meeting the growing demand for vacuum solutions. With the expertise of Dominic Kraus, sales in this area will now be systematically built up in order to establish the new vacuum division internationally. Kraus brings in-depth experience from his previous job as a sales engineer at IVA Schmetz, where he was responsible for the development of the North American market, among other things.
Patrick Lamprecht (42) will take over the strategic development of the business in the field of heat treatment of battery materials. In close cooperation with the Chinese joint venture partner Kilnpartner, he will support the battery industry in the European market in producing sustainable and high-performance batteries. Lamprecht has extensive international experience in the field of business development and key account management in various industries, most recently in the field of IoT technologies at Freeeway AG, which he brings to his new area of responsibility.”
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