An important milestone in the reorganization of Kautex

Recently Kautex Maschinenbau has reached an important milestone: Jwell Machinery has invested in the company, thus ensuring its autonomous continued operation and future development.

Bonn, 10.01.2024 -Kautex Maschinenbau,which specializes in the development and manufacturing of extrusion blow molding systems, has been extended since January 1, 2024 with the acquisition of Jwell Machinery.

Except the affiliated Guangzhou Shunde factory, all Kautex Maschinenbau property rights and related entities have been sold to Jwell.All of the company's physical assets and business operations of the mechanical engineering company have been transferred to the Chinese investor. From 1 January 2024, a new company - Kautex Machinery  - will take over all the responsibilities of the former company. The parties involved had agreed on the decision that not to disclose purchase price and further terms of the restructuring.

“We have a bright future with Jwell as a powerful  partner for Kautex. Jwell is a strategic fit for us. They have a strong background in plastic machinery manufacturing and sufficient capital push the transformation of Kautex, They will help us continue our localization of manufacturing and service with the goal of creating a world-class market leader in blow molding bussiness.” Thomas, CEO of Kauters Group, said. Kautex is an independent operating company of Jwell Machinery.

Jwell has taken over 50% of the employees of Kautex Maschinenbau  in Bonn and 100% of the employees of other companies, and intends to keep focus on improving manufacturing  solutions at the Bonn plant, which remains the headquarters for manufacturing, research and development and service.

Establishment of Transfer Company and First  personnel management adjustment

For those employees who were not transferred to the new company, Jwell established a new company to qualify them for new external job opportunities. The opportunity was well received, about 95 % of employees grasp it and take advantage of it to progress in their careers.   

Kautex will remain an independent operating company under Jwell and will become its top grade brand. At present, the personnel base of the company is still relatively reasonable, and at the same time, the first adjustment within the management has been implemented. The former Chief Financial and Human Resources Officer of Kautex, Ms Keller, left the company and was replaced by Mr Lei as CFO. Maurice Mielke, who was Global Head of Research and Development until the end of December 2023, will be promoted to Chief Technology Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer. Paul Gomez, former chief technology officer of Kautex Group, has decided to leave the company.

He Haichao,Chairman of Jwell, expressed his highest appreciation to all the staff for their dedication over the past month. He said, he realized a dream he had several years ago to invest in Kautex and make it and Jwell become a global leader in market.