Esa-Matti Aalto, new Managing Director of Pagendarm BTT GmbH in Hamburg / Germany

Hamburg, Germany, 3rd July 2012 – Pagendarm BTT GmbH, a leading manufacturer of coating, drying and moisturizing technology to the paper, film and foil converting industry, has appointed a new Managing Director.

On May 1st 2012, Mr. Esa-Matti Aalto took over the management of Pagendarm BTT GmbH.

Mr. Aalto has many years of experience in the industrial specialized machinery sector and has worked for several renowned companies, such as Voith Paper, a leading supplier to the pulp and paper industry, where he was managing the New Business Development activities of the company in the field of chemical and mechanical pulp production.
In 2008 he joint Pagendarm BTT as Sales and Business Development Manager for the first time. With the merger of Pagendarm and Polytype in 2009 Mr. Aalto took over the responsibility for the strategic reorientation of Pagendarm’s sales organization and also headed a newly formed business development group between both companies.
In 2011 Mr. Aalto joint the German based bio fuels and biomass gasification company Choren Industries GmbH but was hired back by wifag//polytype in November of the same year to take over the lead as Business and Operations Manager of Pagendarm BTT GmbH.

In Mr. Esa-Matti Aalto, we managed to recruit a manager with strategic thinking skills for our company. Due to his technical expertise, combined with his management experience, he meets all the necessary criteria to further develop Pagendarm BTT GmbH as a member of the wifag//polytype Group. His vast experience, not only in technical aspects but also in the fields of market positioning and strategic partnerships with customers and suppliers is extremely valuable.

More information available at www.wifag-polytype.com and www.pagendarm.com.