Helmut Bacher, co-founder of Austrian plastics recycling machine manufacturer Erema and former managing partner, passed away on Sept. 20 at the age of 81.
Bacher was a pioneer of plastics recycling. Together with his colleagues Georg Wendelin and Helmuth Schulz, Bacher founded Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH in 1983 in Linz, Austria. Schulz and Wendelin passed away in 2017 and 2022, respectively.
The co-founders’ work was acknowledged in 2008 with the Golden Award of Honour from the Province of Upper Austria. In 2006, the trio handed over management of Erema to Gerhard Wendelin, Klaus Feichtinger, and Manfred Hackl.
Bacher’s technical ability, coupled with solution-orientated thinking and genuine appreciation of his employees, have left a lasting impression and continue to shape the company to this day, Erema said in a statement.
