Page 61 - Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories no. 4/2017

INTERVIEW
Rolf Themann, who has
been Managing Director of
GPS since 2015 and made
the management buyout
in 2016, recently spoke to
Glass Machinery Plants and
Accessories. Themann, who
has sole responsibility for the
German IS machine specialist’s
business operations, was
Managing Director and
Technical Director before for
another IS machine specialist
company for almost ten years.
GPS
the best of two Interview
worlds - tradition
meets flexibility
and innovation
PS is a leading German-based developer
and supplier of IS machines catering to
Gthe needs of the international container
glass manufacturing industry. The specialist com-
pany’s product portfolio includes IS machines
and components, servo mechanisms, feeders and
conveyors as well as control and drive systems
for various applications. It also provides consul-
tancy and training services to customers in the
container glass manufacturing industry. GPS
offers both all-inclusive and modular concepts,
because all-inclusive solutions don’t always meet
the container glass manufacturers’ require-
ments. Sometimes all an IS machine needs is a
professional upgrade or the replacement of indi-
vidual components to achieve improvements in
efficiency and product quality. Based on this
knowledge and its self-imposed standards of
excellence, GPS develops optimum solutions in
perfect quality for customers around the globe.
At unbeatable value for money.
GMP&A: Mr Themann, GPS has been an
independent entity since it was sold by
Verallia Deutschland AG, formerly Saint-
Gobain Oberland AG, in 2016. How would you
summarise the past year for GPS?
RT: This has definitely been a very special
year for GPS – and certainly a milestone in
the company’s history. We’ve been both a
commercial and technological success. The
figures speak for themselves – in 2016 we
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