In recognition of the growth of the European market, Hauck Manufacturing Co. recently opened its own office in Wuppertal, Germany. As part of Ruhrgas Industries, a well-known European family of companies providing combustion products and services, Hauck Combustion (Europe) will benefit from close cooperation with other group companies, particularly with LBE Feuerungstechnik GmbH and Kromschroder AG. The company will do business under the corporate umbrella of LBE with headquarters in Wuppertal. Both operations share common offices, warehouses and field service resources. Hauck provides the latest in combustion technology with burners and controls for both direct- and indirect-fired applications for the heat processing industry. In addition to introducing U.S. technologies to European furnace and plant builders, as well as industrial end users, the new office will support Hauck's worldwide customers with parts and services for installations shipped to Europe.

Hauck Combusion (Europe) will be managed by Bernd Machovsky. He can be reached at (49) 202 60908 180, e-mail b.machovsky@lbe-online.de.