FLANGE MAINTENANCE
WITH TIME-SAVING ENERPAC EQUALIZER TOOLS
SCHAEFFLER ESTABLISHES TEAM FOR THE FUTURE
Flange spreading,
hydraulic sealed hand pump
Marc McGrath
Dharmesh Arora
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Flange assembly and
maintenance projects that
used to take many hours
can now be completed in minutes
using a new portfolio of Equalizer
tools from Enerpac, following its
successful acquisition of Equalizer
International.
Equalizer flange alignment,
spreading and pulling tools do
away with the need for teams
of riggers with associated and
sometimes heavy and expensive
rigging equipment that add cost
and delay.
The Equalizer range of tools – all
backed by Enerpac’s comprehensive
service and technical
support network to enhance uptime
and safety – have been specifically
developed to simplify the
maintenance of flange joints.
Industry Applications
Developed to the exacting
standards of the oil and gas
industries, the new Equalizer
portfolio of tools from Enerpac
is widely applicable to industries
such as petrochemical, power
generation, water and waste water,
mining and renewable energy – and
anywhere flange joint connections
are found, including:
• Flange spreading tools
• Valve change-out tools
• Flange alignment tools
• Flange pulling tools
• Hydraulic sealed hand pumps
All Equalizer tools from Enerpac
meet major market requirements,
including:
• Safety first, complemented by
uniformly excellent service, backup
and traceability of manufacture
to comply with world safety and
quality standards.
• The absolute need to ensure
reliability and minimise downtime in
highly competitive markets, where
the tools are used to fabricate and
maintain plant and pipelines.
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• A strong preference by major
resources, infrastructure and construction
companies to deal with one
supplier that can offer diverse tool
ranges from which they can tailor
complete, quality-assured solutions
to the needs of particular sites and
operations.
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Based on the decisions of
the Supervisory Board of
Schaeffler AG on March
1, 2019, the Schaeffler
AG Executive Board took the
following personnel decisions for the
Executive Board of the Schaeffler
Group.
The Executive Board will now
consist eight managing directors and
four regional chief executive officers.
The team will become younger and
more international. The members
are almost exclusively leaders with
many years of experience within the
Schaeffler Group.
After the Supervisory Board of
Schaeffler AG appointed Uwe
Wagner as successor to Professor
Dr-Ing. Peter Gutzmer on March
1, 2019, and at the same time
extended the contract of Matthias
Zink, ceo of the Automotive OEM
division, by a further five years,
the next step was to appoint
new regional ceos for the regions
Americas and Asia/Pacific. In the
course of the year 2019, they will
take on their new roles and join the
Executive Board of the Schaeffler
Group.
On October 1, 2019, Marc McGrath
(52) will assume the role of ceo for
the Americas region from Bruce
Warmbold (63), who will retire at
the end of the year. Mr. McGrath
began his career at Schaeffler in
1988 as a student. He is a graduate
of mechanical engineering and held
various management positions at
Schaeffler. Since 2016 he is leading
Automotive in the region Americas.
In future, the Asia/Pacific region
will be led by Dharmesh Arora (51).
He is ceo of Schaeffler India Ltd.
today, the only listed subsidiary in
the Schaeffler Group and leads the
important sub region. He joined
Schaeffler in 2012 and has made a
significant contribution to strengthening
Schaeffler’s position in India.
Mr Arora previously held
management positions in India,
Thailand, and the USA. On October
1, 2019, he will succeed Helmut
Bode (65).
Commenting on the reorientation
of the Executive Board team, Klaus
Rosenfeld, chief executive officer
of Schaeffler AG, says: "With the
personnel changes announced
today, the team for the future is
complete. It is younger, even more
international, and is essentially
recruited from within its own ranks.
In the face of the impending transformation,
there is nothing more
important than a strong team at the
top, which stands together well. We
are taking steps to successfully lead
the Schaeffler Group into the future
as a global automotive and industrial
supplier. "
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