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Jordi Farres and Merce Margarit announced their retirement as managing directors of Wittmann Battenfeld in Spain, effective Sept. 30. Starting Oct. 1, the division’s general management will be taken over by Salvador Gracia, who previously held the position of strategic finance manager.

The cooperation between the founder of the Wittmann Group, Werner Wittmann, and Jordi Farres and Merce Margarit goes back to the late 1980s, when the company then trading as Wittmann Kunststoffgeräte GmbH sold flow controllers to the Spanish machine manufacturer Margarit. Later, Margarit established Deaplast as an independent company responsible for the sale of auxiliaries, including flow and temperature controllers from Wittmann.

In 1990, the informal cooperation between Wittmann and Margarit, or Deaplast, was formalized via an official agency contract. Deaplast was eventually taken over by Wittmann in 1992, and both members of the Deaplast management duo were appointed managing directors of the new company: Wittmann Robot System S.L.

Today Wittmann Battenfeld Spain S.L. employs 38 and is also manages the Technofrias agency for the Portuguese market. Salvador Gracia was hired in 2008. He will be supported by Yoel Vaca, sales director, and Jorge Molpeceres, technical director.