“We want to adopt our successful european model at Bowers for the US market”

摘要

Erbsloh has acquired the US firm Bowers ManufacturingCompany based in Michigan with effect 1 November 2013.Bowers is a leading supplier of processed aluminium productsfor industrial customers while Erbsloh’s controlling company,WKW.automotive, already has a manufacturing plant in Alabamathat is geared to the automotive business in the USA.ALUMINIUM spoke to Frank Busenbecker about the futuremarket orientation of Bowers, possible synergies for the groupand not least about the current state of the European extrusionmarket. Mr Busenbecker is managing director of Erbsloh AluminiumGmbH, which is responsible within WKW.automotivefor the strategic management of Bowers.