During its members meeting of 2 June 2021, the Pultrusion Technology Association (EPTA) elected a new board. All EPTA board members who stood for re-election have been confirmed again.
Dr. Elmar Witten, Secretary of the EPTA, is happy about the continuity in the line-up of the EPTA board. „We will continue the current marketing activities to promote the pultrusion process,“ said Witten.
Thus, the board members for the next four years are:
- Dr. Luigi Giamundo, ATP srl., Italy (Chairman)
- Alfonso Branca, TOP GLASS, Italy
- Dietmar Kühne, Ernst Kühne Kunststoffwerk, Germany
- Sebastian Mehrtens, Fibrolux, Germany
- Eric Moussiaux, Exel Composites, Belgium
- Martin Zelinka, Owens Corning, France
Pultrusion is an important and continuously growing segment in the composites industry. It is a continuous manufacturing process of linear composite profiles made of polymeric resins such as polyesters and fiber reinforcement such as glass fibers. Automated Pultrusion Production Technology facilitates today’s High Quality and Low-Cost demands by the market
About EPTA
The European Pultrusion Technology Association was created in 1989 by a group of leading European pultruders with the mission of supporting the growth of the pultrusion industry by maximising external communication efforts and encouraging knowledge sharing between members. Since 2006, the association has existed under the umbrella of the AVK – Federation of Reinforced Plastics in Frankfurt, Germany. Membership of EPTA is open to all companies and individuals worldwide wishing to further the application of pultruded profiles.