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Raphaël Simoneau has been appointed managing director of Sautelma-Rotolok, manufacturer of weighing, dosing, checkweighing and bulk handling components for 65 years. He was also appointed managing director of Rotolok France, a French subsidiary of manufacturer of locks and switches, Rotolok. He succeeds Svedoan Zekir, who has held the position for 30 years, and who has established his development. This appointment marks the will to continue the international and local French development of the Rotolok group, manufacturer of components intended for bulk. The Sautelma company was created in February 1964 in Aix-en-Provence. In the first two decades of its existence, the company developed exclusively in heavy industry (cement, coking, steelworks, foundry), mining activities and fertilizer chemistry. It carried out the vast majority of its activity in France. To anticipate the gradual decline of these industries in France, and to preserve its future, the company has resolutely turned to export and emerging countries. Today, it generates 60% of its turnover there.

It has also diversified a lot. Its equipment is now used in a wide variety of sectors, including food, plastics, petrochemicals, the environment, water treatment and packaging. After its acquisition in 1995 by the Rotolok group, Sautelma became Sautelma-Rotolok. Thanks to the significant synergies developed within her group, she has gained access to new technologies, and now masters new trades, in particular in the handling of bulk through rotary locks or airlocks and switches. Rotolok France was created in 2006 to become the French subsidiary of the Rotolok group. With 20 years of experience in the field of powder and granule transfer, Raphaël Simoneau has developed his expertise in powders in all industrial sectors: food, chemistry, pharmacy, mineral. A graduate of Ensmic Paris, he began his career in 1998 at Tripette & Renaud where he was in charge of the marketing of components: locks, switches, centrifugal and vibrating screens, Archimedes screws, blowers ... Through an increased presence and the development of innovative solutions, the new director wishes to strengthen ties with French and foreign integrators and users.