12.18.2007 - ENTEK APPOINTS DEAN ELLIOTT EXTRUSION LAB MANAGER
Lebanon, OR (December 18, 2007)… ENTEK Manufacturing Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Dean Elliott to the position of Extrusion Lab Manager. Dean joins ENTEK after working for the past two years as Senior Processing Engineer at Kroy Corporation’s vinyl and composite fence and railing products plant in Fairbluff, North Carolina.
Prior to Kroy, Dean worked for four years at CertainTeed, where he led material development trials, trained operators on best operating practices, and led teams in implementing Six Sigma practices to achieve cost savings and production improvements in the production of wood-plastic composite products.
“Dean has an extensive background as a processing engineer, working with twin-screw extruders and a variety of materials,” said John Effmann, Director of Sales & Marketing at ENTEK. “He is uniquely qualified to assume this position at ENTEK, where he will lead what we consider one of our most important customer resources.”
In his new position, Dean will lead all customer extrusion lab trials and support customers by helping improve their efficiencies and overcome processing challenges. In addition, he will work to develop new processes and advance them from the lab environment to the production environment.
A native of South Africa, Dean earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Durban-Natal in that country.
About ENTEK
ENTEK Extruders are produced by ENTEK Manufacturing, Inc. Headquartered in Lebanon, Oregon, USA, ENTEK is a customer focused manufacturer of turnkey production systems, twin screw extruders, and components. The company is a leader in the extrusion of natural fiber-plastic composites (wood decking), pelletizing, custom compounding (mixing of colorants, fillers, etc), specialty sheet lines, and other markets including food and medical applications. In addition to producing state-of-the-art twin screw extruders, ENTEK’s highly-trained engineering department helps companies optimize production, and ENTEK’s turnkey expertise helps customers establish complete plant-wide operations, often from the ground up.
ENTEK began operations in the 1980’s as a producer of highly filled specialized plastic sheet for the maintenance-free automotive battery market. At that time the company was purchasing commercially available twin-screw extruders to support its core business, but quickly determined that it needed to develop its own extrusion solutions to support production of this difficult to process material. ENTEK Manufacturing, Inc. was established initially as a sister company to ENTEK International, to provide machinery and all turnkey engineering support.
Building off this success with its sister company, ENTEK has grown to become one of the industry’s leading providers of twin screw extrusion solutions. The company provides complete, turnkey engineering support that enables customers to develop and operate highly productive, efficient processing plants for a wide variety of materials. ENTEK Extruders feature high throughput and wear resistant components that can successfully process highly abrasive materials with minimal downtime.
Today, ENTEK is committed to continuing its dynamic growth by helping customers meet or exceed their business objectives, worldwide.
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