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Z Automation opens office in Germany

To better serve the growing international packaging market, Z Automation Company (ZAC) has opened a sales office in Germany--the first European office for the company.

The new office will be staffed by Volker Baurichter and Patrick Döpfner, both of whom have extensive experience in the European packaging industry.

Baurichter can be reached at [email protected] by phone (49-5731-9828986);

Döpfner can be reached at [email protected] or by phone (49-9344-928520).

Links to the European office are also posted on the company’s website atwww.zautomation.com .



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