Jozsef Nemes has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery Hungária Kft with immediate effect.
He succeeds Andras Borszeki, who headed up the Group’s Hungarian subsidiary since its formation in 2015.
Nemes is a trained mechanical engineer and recently moved from an Austrian injection moulding machine manufacturer to Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Hungary.
Having worked in the plastics industry for 12 years, Nemes has extensive expertise in quality management and production.
The company believes the Hungarian subsidiary will also benefit from his broad processing automation skillset as well as his application technology knowledge.

Siegfried Köhler, Senior Director Corporate Salesat Sumitomo (SHI) Demag said: "Jozsef Nemes is a widely recognised and respected expert in injection moulding machinery, and is well known in the Hungarian market. His appointment as Managing Director will enable us to continue our consistent growth trajectory in Hungary, which includes further expanding our service support and local consulting competence to domestic plastic moulders.”
Nemes explains: "Strategically, we will continue to support our customers providing the very best machine and application technology, automation and customer service, enabling our Hungarian customers to succeed in all aspects of production. Selling Sumitomo (SHI) Demagmachines and systems marks the beginning of a mutually beneficial long-term partnership. Our customers can be assured that our systems will deliver a sustainable competitive advantage, facilitating the highest possible production output whilst maintaining the best component quality.”