Miller Magazine Issue: 125 May 2020

36 NEWS MILLER / MAY 2020 Gericke significantly expands its global footprint The Gericke Group operates a number of own subsi- diaries around the globe. They cover many of the key markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas with local sa- les, engineering and service teams. In addition, Gericke also works with carefully selected partners in many ad- ditional territories. Recently Gericke appointed additional partners and agents, adding a significant expansion to the network. In these difficult times with international travel- ling coming to a near standstill, being close to the custo- mer is now even more important than ever before. In Europe, Gericke has appointed Mespo AB as their partner for Sweden. Together with the already established cooperation with Mespo Denmark, Gericke can now rely on a very experienced local representation in these Nort- hern European markets. Tek4Process is a new company in Portugal, founded by Pedro Ribeiro. He brings a lot of experience from the powder handling and processing industries and is a wel- come addition to Gericke’s network in Europe. With the Russian branch of the German Rieckermann group, Gericke is now also closer to the existing and new customers in Russia. NEW AGENTS FOR INDIA AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Both India and Africa are significant developing areas. Not only multinational companies build up local produc- tion capability, also many established local manufacturers play a key role in these countries. The multinational as well as the local producers welcome and appreciate the access to Gericke’s offering, combined with easy acces- sible local support and service. Inos Technologies Pvt. Ltd., with headquarters in the booming Gujarat province and offices around India, fo- cuses primarily on the pharmaceutical and food markets. The detailed knowledge of these local markets and their needs combines perfectly with the solutions the powder processing expertise and solutions which Gericke brings to India. Gericke has a broad installed base in many African countries. With the appointment of the South Africa based PMD Packaging Systems (PTY) Ltd, Gericke is now even closer to the fast growing food and chemical markets in South Africa and neighboring countries. PMD Packaging has been established in 1965 and is widely recognised by many longterm customers as a leader in packaging and related processes. The Swiss Gericke Group has been designing and ma- nufacturing equipment and systems for modern bulk material processes, as well as providing design and consultation services, for more than 125 years. Gericke bulk materials processing technology can be found throughout the world in many sectors including the food, chemical, phar- maceutical, plastics and construction materials industries. Gericke’s fully owned group companies employ more than 300 experienced professionals and are located in Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, France, USA, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tha- iland and China.