Rudi Baumann

Rudi Baumann, sales manager at auxiliaries equipment manufacturer AZO (Osterburken, Germany), is retiring after more than 40 years with the company.

Rudi BaumannDirector

Rudi BaumannDIRECTOR

Rudi Baumann, Managing Director of Sales & Marketing at AZO GmbH Ltd, a world leader in machinery and automated raw materials handling systems for the plastics and rubber industries, is to appear at the Ninth International PVC Conference at Brighton in April.

His topical speech to the PVC industry will be about the Automatic Handling of PVC, Caco3, Stabilisers, Modifiers and TiO2 for heater-cooler feeding and extruders.Different solutions are available for the automation of all raw materials and additives depending on the way they are delivered, the number of materials and the design of the building that houses production.Rudi will take the three most common systems designs for the PVC industry and explain the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Rudi Baumann has many years experience in the field and was the initiator of AZO's DosiBox® system for fully automated, cost-effective dosing of additives and minor ingredients.The product has been embraced by the plastics industry since it was introduced in 2003.

For over 50 years, AZO has played a pioneering role in the automatic delivery of materials in the plastics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and foodstuff sectors.

Rudi Baumann, sales director and procurator of AZO is the innovator of the DosiBox®.He answers some questions about its development.

1. For many years AZO has supplied the AZO COMPONENTER® for the automation of minor quantities.

Rudi Baumann, sales director and procurator of AZO is the innovator of the DosiBox®.He answers some questions about its development.

1. For many years AZO has supplied the AZO COMPONENTER® for the automation of minor quantities.