Interview with Mr Stefan Sulzmaier

It was in 1894 Mr Otto Zschimmer and Mr Max Schwarz founded a wholesale business for chemicals, dyestuffs and pharmaceuticals in Chemnitz. The enterprise was successful and prospered. Thus came to being Zschimmer & Schwarz Group, the chemical conglomerate located in Lahnstein-Germany, a supplier of auxiliaries for different branches of industry. Its range of activities concentrates on manufacturing auxiliaries for the fibre, ceramic, leather and fur industry and on manufacturing surfactants for the cosmetics and cleaning agent industry. With its presence encompassing the 13 countries on the globe, Zschimmer & Schwarz Holding GmbH & Co KG has 17 partnership firms in different parts of the world. Mr Stefan Sulzmaier is the Director and Division Head at Zschimmer & Schwarz. He joined the Group in 2008. He is responsible for the global fibre auxiliaries business with the product groups textile yarns, technical yarns, carpet yarns and staple fibre and nonwovens. His responsibility includes the division’s commercial activities, the R&D department and technical customer services at the headquarter in Lahnstein, Germany. He is also responsible for the global product lines from the subsidiaries and offices in the USA and in China. He is a member of the Management team of the corporation. His previous career steps were in the chemical fibres industry. He had worked for Kelheim Fibres GmbH as Business Manager for Hygienic and Nonwoven fibres for many years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the OpenUniversity Milton Keynes and a Bachelor CCI in Chemical Engineering. Addressing the points raised by Face2Face team, Mr Stefan Sulzmaier discusses the Nonwovens industry at length.