RocTool, specialist in the design and development of technologies for rapid moulding of composite and plastic injection has announced the appointment of St?phane Hersen as RocTool's Chairman and CEO/Director, following the Board members meeting held on the 23rd February 2015.

General Manager of RocTool since September 2014, St?phane Hersen has taken over as CEO. He succeeds Alexandre Guichard, Chairman of the Board and founder of RocTool.

St?phane Hersen comments: "We are continuing the actions initiated by Alexandre Guichard. My aim is to accelerate the development of the company in order to establish itself as a leader in the rapid moulding of, plastic materials composites and metal used by major automotive and electronics brands along with consumer goods."

The industrial strategy RocTool Ready aims to simplify access to RocTool's premium technologies, which are well established on the market. RocTool proposes a simplified commercial offer, available to both large groups as well as SME's: "A 'plug and play' concept, which is more accessible within a package including study, license, material, installation and training," explains St?phane Hersen. Furthermore, RocTool has put an ecosystem in place, which includes software and injection machine manufacturers, mould makers and resin and composite material suppliers. "In other words, it is up to us to provide additional means of measuring interest in our technologies, from the simulation step, promoting the optimisation of its use, integrating each step of the product/s development," he concludes.

Created in 2000, RocTool revolutionizes fast moulding processes for composites, plastic injection and very soon metal. The processes developed by RocTool are used by major brands in innovative industries: Consumer Electronics (Motorola, Flextronics), Automotive (Mini Cooper, Volvo cars), Sports & Leisure, etc. They hold many advantages including reduced cycle times, enhanced quality of parts produced, therefore resulting in an overall cost reduction of the produced parts for manufacturers.