Almost 20 years after the company was founded, managing director Dr.-Ing. Dirk Friedrich passes on the reins to his successor, Roman Stabauer.
Roman Stabauer has already been active at grindaix GmbH since 2022. In the years before that, he gained a lot of experience in research. Especially in the area of process-optimised adaptation of grinding machines, he convinces with extensive know-how. After first getting to know the team as CTO, he is now taking over the management of grindaix GmbH. He is particularly looking forward to this great challenge!
Roman Stabauer is supported by Glen May as second managing director. Together they lead grindaix and will guide it into an exciting future with a combination of knowledge, experience and many new ideas.
grindaix GmbH was founded in 2004. The goal and vision of the young company was to provide a solution for customers that avoids the waste of cooling lubricant in the grinding process and makes it more productive and of higher quality. The process-optimised cooling lubricant supply solutions enabled grindaix to establish itself in the market for cooling lubricant supply solutions. In 2021, it was sold to the world's largest industrial fluid manufacturer, Quaker Houghton, giving it the opportunity to further expand its vision and enter new markets. All this happened under the leadership of the founder and managing director of grindaix GmbH: Dr. Ing. Dirk Friedrich.
About 20 years after the foundation of the company, the long-time founder and managing director Dr. Ing. Dirk Friedrich MBA leaves the company. After successfully managing this company for the last two decades, he passes the baton to his successor Roman Stabauer M. Eng. who now leads the company as the new Managing Director.
"I am very happy and it is a great honour to succeed Mr. Dirk Friedrich as Managing Director of grindaix. Since the beginning of my professional life, I have been involved with the topic of adapted and efficient cooling lubricant supply in grinding processes and thus there has also been a close cooperation with grindaix for a long time. After joining the company last year as technical manager, I am now looking forward to taking the next step and successfully continuing the business of grindaix in close cooperation with Quaker Houghton."
Under the new management, the grindaix team will continue to ensure that your grinding processes are designed to be resource-efficient, productive and of high quality. In the future, the product variety will be further increased by the development of innovative sensors in close cooperation with Quaker Houghton. If you are considering optimising the cooling lubricant supply to your grinding processes, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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"Working with Grindaix as part of a joint venture this past year quickly illustrated the value we have by combining our Equipment Solutions and Fluid Intelligence technologies together.” said Joe Berquist [Senior Vice President, Global Businesses & Chief Strategy Officer - QuakerHoughton]. “Fully bringing the Grindaix team into Quaker Houghton will help us do more in the Industry 4.0 and automation space in the coming years.”
Quaker Houghton continues to pursue building our Industry 4.0 business. “Our strategic acquisition of Grindaix is a critical step in bolstering our Fluid Intelligence offering. With this acquisition, we are strengthening our automation capabilities to ensure we bring superior and differentiated value to our customers. Fully brining the Grindaix team into QH will help us strengthen our automation capabilities in the coming years” said Joe Berquist
Dr.-Ing. Dirk Friedrich will continue to be in charge of the company's management. "We are very pleased that we, as a German innovation provider, are able to offer our new globally successful partner technological added value in the context of optimizing cooling lubricant systems. Together with our expertise in the field of cooling lubricant supply in grinding technology, the additional high level of cooling lubricant competence of our new partner will now lead to a more comprehensive offer to our customers. This will enable us to support our customers much more intensively in mastering the ever-increasing complexity within the framework of productive, high-quality grinding technology that is free of grinding burn." [Dr.-Ing. Dirk Friedrich, MBA
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