Lab Services Meet Andy Hoffman – ENTEK’s new Pilot Plant Manager
ENTEK is pleased to introduce Andy Hoffmann, our company’s new Pilot Plant Manager. Andy joined ENTEK on April 1 and immediately got to work, scheduling trials with our customers and getting to know our in-house team.
Before coming to ENTEK, Andy spent ten years working at a custom plastic compounder that produced both proprietary and toll formulations. During this time, he held a variety of positions in the Technical and Operations departments at their locations in the United States and abroad including QA Lab Technician, R&D Development Chemist and Process Engineer.
Andy has a vast knowledge of the plastic compounding industry, including the various types and styles of compounding machinery and the associated downstream and upstream equipment. In addition, he has extensive knowledge on materials, testing, and process development.
Andy holds a B.A. in Chemistry from a private Wisconsin college. He enjoys hiking, biking, snowboarding, cars, DIY, and wood working.
“I’m excited to be joining ENTEK and relocating to Oregon,” said Andy. “I look forward to working with and supporting ENTEK’s customers on both pilot plant trials and/or in-house processing issues.”
Introducing an East Coast option for ENTEK customers New Gala Industries Facility Includes a new ENTEK 53mm Twin-Screw Extruder
Gala Industries Inc. of Eagle Rock, VA has recently opened a new Specialty Pelletizing facility that includes a new ENTEK 53mm co-rotating twin-screw extruder, coupled to Gala’s Electronically Adjusted Pelletizer and automated unloading and loading equipment. The machine will be used by Gala to run production lots for its customers, demonstrate how to run large volumes of compounds, and show its customers best practices for its line o f underwater pelletizing and control systems as well as other products. ENTEK will also be working with Gala to use this line as an alternate location to run material trials on the east coast.
Mark Tate, Technical Manager at Gala will be responsible for running the facility, and ENTEK’s Bill Petrozelli, who is based in nearby North Carolina, will also be available for technical support.
“Over the past couple of years we have been tasked multiple times with running very large market samples for our customers, and that was just not feasible to do on the equipment we had in our applications lab,” said Mark Tate. “This new facility and larger equipment has given us that ability. Going forward it will also augment our lab’s capability as well as capacity. While our most recent extruder addition was an ENTEK, we continue to work with and supply equipment to other twin-screw OEM’s as well.”
“Gala has opened a beautiful state-of-the-art facility, and we are proud they have chosen an ENTEK twin-screw extruder to compound materials,” said Linda Campbell, Director of Sales at ENTEK. “They are a valued supplier to ENTEK. We look forward to working more closely with them and appreciate the chance to bring customers in the eastern USA there for material trials.”
Campbell said ENTEK has always encouraged customers and prospects to come to ENTEK in Oregon to see its facility, run trials, and meet the team – and that hasn’t changed. “It’s worth the trip,” she said, ‘but when East Coast customers can’t make it out to Oregon they have a new option, and that’s a good thing.”
For more information on the new Gala facility please contact Mark Tate at Gala at (540) 884-3111 or
MTate@gala-industries.com, or Tammy Straw at ENTEK at (541) 259-1068 or
tstraw@entek.com.
Upcoming Events
ENTEK is participating at the following shows/ conferences. If you plan on attending any of these events, please stop by and see us!
ANTEC 2016 • May 23-25, Indianapolis, IN ENTEK will be exhibiting at booth 601. For further information, visit
www.4spe.org
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