Well-proven reliability meets new impulses - Change in the management of GAW technologies GmbH
The worldwide active and rich in tradition industrial plant engineering and construction company GAW technologies GmbH (based in Austria), announces a change in the management active since July 2024.
After more than 21 years with the company, including eight years in management, Wolfgang Senner is leaving GAW because he is centering his life back to his native country Germany. Together with Nina Pildner-Steinburg in the lead and the entire staff, the generational change has been effectively managed in recent years and the company has been prepared for a furthermore stable future.
And GAW technologies will not stand still in the future either, because from now on the newly established dual leadership in the management will set the direction: Alexander Rinderhofer has taken over the management agenda from Wolfgang Senner and will drive the further powerful development of the company in a sustainable way.
The polymer/plastics technologist, who was trained at the Montanuniversität in Leoben/Austria, began his professional career in the research and development departments of well-known large corporations, with a focus on plastic rheology and steel-plastic composite materials. In addition to his job, he completed an MBA at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz with a focus on strategy development, strategic marketing, technology sales and management. Further engagements as CEO in companies with a strong need for change and restructuring in the plant engineering and electronics industry segments expanded his technical and economic range of skills in the following years. Since 2017, Alexander Rinderhofer has been responsible for the management of GAW Beteiligungsgesellschaft, where he was responsible for innovation, technology and sales. He now manages GAW technologies GmbH alongside Nina Pildner-Steinburg.
In addition to the traditional core market in paper and board production, GAW has also been investing strongly in the area of plastics recycling for several years. GAW technologies and the sister companies of the GAW Group are working on numerous projects that help customers achieve their sustainable development goals and reduce the carbon footprint. One example is a groundbreaking recycling solution in the area of plastic packaging made from mixed plastics and plastic composites:
"CreaSolv® is a solution-based recycling process that opens up completely new ways because valuable plastics are recovered in pure form from supposedly inseparable plastic waste. This one-of-a-kind technology could revolutionize the circular economy and drastically reduce the use of new plastics made from petroleum, which benefits both the environment and the economy," says Alexander Rinderhofer, mastermind behind this project.
About GAW technologies:
For more than 70 years, GAW (“Great Applications Worldwide”) provides a guarantee of technological competence in the international paper and cardboard industry as well as in other industrial segments. The focus is on sustainability and the savings of valuable raw materials, water and energy - specifically in the production of pigment, the preparation of coating colour and coating compounds, starch and chemicals, or the cleaning and recycling of process wastewater. The portfolio of GAW technologies includes systems, products, services and digital applications and serves five essential markets in almost all regions of the world: paper, chemicals, automation, composites and water and wastewater treatment. More than 150 employees at the headquarters in Graz/Austria and in worldwide branches generate an annual turnover of around 44 million euros. GAW technologies GmbH is part of the GAW Group Pildner-Steinburg Holding, owned by the family Pildner-Steinburg.
August 2024