KARLSRUHE, Germany - The Romaco Group appointed Dirk Bauernfeind the new Managing Director of Romaco Pharmatechnik GmbH. He will share the responsibility for the company with Carsten Strenger, CFO/COO of the Romaco Group. As of July 1, 2016, Paulo Alexandre will concentrate on his core function as CEO of the Romaco Group.

Bauernfeind is responsible for sales, project engineering and product management. He will work alongside Strenger, who will act as Head of Finance and Operations both for Romaco Pharmatechnik GmbH and for the Romaco Group as a whole. In the future, Alexandre will concentrate fully on his core function as CEO of the Romaco Group.

A portfolio company of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, Romaco is a global supplier of processing and packaging equipment, predominantly for the pharmaceutical industry. Divided into three business areas, Processing, Tableting and Packaging, the company develops engineered system solutions for the pharmaceutical market, but also supplies the cosmetics, food and chemical markets. Romaco operates from four European locations with headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany.