Names to Know: Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH

Effective May 1, Wolfgang Steinwender, has become the new CEO of NGR, an Austria-based manufacturer of plastics recycling machinery. Steinwender takes the position most recently held by Josef Hochreiter, who has been with the company 12 years. Hochreiter will shift his efforts to developing parent firm Next Generation Holding.

Steinwender, who joined the company in 2014, has been NGR’s managing director for its North American office in Atlanta.