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ENGEL Injection Moulding Machinery 60% growth in sales

Schwertberg/Austria, October 2010. With a 60% growth in sales this financial year the ENGEL-Group will almost match the record level of the boom year 2008/2009. This year the facilities in Dietach/Austria, China and Korea have achieved the highest capacity utilisation in their history. Meanwhile the plants at Schwertberg and St Valentin are also working again to capacity. The continuous growth of market shares in all clamping force classes is based on the launch of new products and product lines, together with the continued expansion and reinforcement of the sales network. The introduction of the new viper robot, manufactured in Dietach, has enabled ENGEL to secure a further market share in automation. In the meantime almost every second automated manufacturing cell sold by a European injection moulding machine manufacturer is supplied by ENGEL. ENGEL is clearly the global leader in injection moulding machine automation. Today one in four robots sold to the European injection moulding industry was manufactured by ENGEL. Since the launch of the viper robot series – now being finalised at the K Fair – a growing number of robots is being sold on machines of other manufacturers. With the extension of the ENGEL duo pico series from 350 to 700 tonnes clamping force ENGEL has substantially increased its global market share. In the past five years the market share of large-scale machines of over 400 tonnes clamping force in Europe has nearly doubled from 20% to almost 40%. In USA this market share rose from 10% in 2005 to almost 20%. The largest increase was achieved in the relevant Asian market without Chinese competition. Thanks to the strong presence and continuous expansion of production capacities in Shanghai and the Chinese sales network, our market share increased from 1% in 2005 to almost 10% in the first half of 2010. In the past few years ENGEL has fully committed itself to the subject of energy efficiency, thereby significantly boosting the success and competitive edge of its customers. With numerous concepts and solutions for energy-saving and efficient production, the comparatively best efficiency levels can currently be achieved for virtually all applications. ENGEL is thus energy saver No. 1 on the market. A special focus at ENGEL is being placed upon the launch of the ecodrive for the victory and duo series. The ecodrive enables energy consumption of a hydraulic injection moulding machine to be cut by up to 70%. Today one in three tie-bar-less ENGEL victory and one in four ENGEL duo machines is delivered with ecodrive. The new servo-hydraulic ecodrive keeps the speed down to actual requirements. In other words, the drive is only active during movements, with energy consumption dropping to virtually zero when the machine is idle. New ENGEL subsidiaries in Russia, Belgium, Turkey and Romania and new distributors in Serbia and Croatia, Iran and Pakistan have assumed the market development work in these countries over the past three years and significantly increased regional market shares. Our market presence in Mexico is presently being intensified by a new subsidiarybuilding and marketing activities in Taiwan are being promoted by the establishment of a separate ENGEL office managed by ENGEL China. Customers receive comprehensive advice from the industry-oriented business units and the best possible, competent support for the implementation of their projects. Based on the introduction of the ENGEL viper robot series and the clear focus on custom automation solutions, we have also been able to substantially strengthen our system provider competency in the field of automation. ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbHENGEL is one of the global leaders in the manufacture of plastics processing machines. Today, the ENGEL Group offers a full range of technology modules for plastics processing as a single source supplier: Injection moulding machines for thermoplastics and elastomers, and automation, with the assurance that individual components are also competitive and successful in the world markets. With eight production plants in Europe, North America and Asia (China, Korea) as well as subsidiaries and representatives in over 85 countries, ENGEL offers its customers the optimal global support they need to compete and succeed with new technologies and leading-edge production systems. In New Zealand, ENGEL is represented by Techspan Group (since 1979).

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