IKA regularly offers training sessions for its representatives. This year, the training was held from 7 – 10 November, 2011 in Staufen, Germany. The training was attended by more than 36 representatives from Denmark, Great Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Hungary, Greece, Czech Republic, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and some other countries.

The main focus of the training was to address the challenging applications faced in the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industry. IKA engineers Mr. Kanzinger, Mr. Kuenstle, Mr. Maier, Mr. Fellmann and Mr. Otte presented the proven and tested advanced technology solutions for these industries. The representatives also shared success stories from their experiences and practices.

The main highlight of the training was the introduction of IKA newly developed innovative process machines by the Chief designer Mr. Grimm. These machines will be available in the market after showcasing them in one of the biggest International trade show ACHEMA 2012.

Besides the introduction to the new products and innovations, various applications were demonstrated to the IKA representatives at the pilot plant station. E.g., production of fertilizers, processing of biomass and production of mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard.

The most emotional part of the training program was the entertainment that was waiting for the training participants. It was a fun-filled evening with dinner and an indoor performance of Dr. Faust, the protagonist of a classic German legend. Not less exiting was a mix of many cultures during the communication of the representatives with each other.

After the event, the process engineer of the Belgian company “Maprema” John Maes stated: “I was impressed with the rigorous training provided by IKA. This company is a huge technology machine and I am pleased to be part of it”.

IKA®-Werke GmbH & Co. KG, a more than 100 years established company renown for design and manufacturing of laboratory, analytical and industrial process equipment, and headquartered in Staufen, Germany, set-up its first fully owned subsidiary in USA in 1985 as it embarks on growth and expansion beyond the European market.

Following the success and a decade of growth of IKA® USA, IKA® Werke Germany set-up its first Asian subsidiary, IKA® Works Asia, in Malaysia, in 1995, to serve the then growing Asian market. The IKA® group continues to experience rapid growth, and to meet this growth, subsidiaries were then set-up in Guangzhou as IKA® Works Guangzhou in 1998 (dedicated to serve the entire China market), in Japan as IKA® Works Japan (dedicated to serve the Japanese market) and in India as IKA® India in 2008 (dedicated to serve the Indian market).

IKA® Works Asia is now poised for the most exciting event in its history – the company has moved to its new facility in the Rawang Integrated Industrial Park approximately 20 km from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The new facility encompasses sales, marketing, administration, a comprehensive manufacturing unit, an R&D centre, service & technical support and warehousing. This unique facility, particularly through its state of the art R&D centre, enhances and complements the other original IKA® subsidiaries in enabling new business channels, providing expertise and know-how for the entire IKA® product range to our customers.



(from left to right: Mr. Sunil Kraemer, Mr. Pascal Stigelmann, Mr. Marcel Stigelmann, Mr. Rene Stigelmann and Dr. Gunter Gruber)