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ENGEL large machine capacity expansion

Production capacity for large-scale machines expanded

ENGEL Schwertberg/Austria – October 2010.
ENGEL capacities for the production of duo twoplateninjection moulding machines with between 350 and 5500 tonnes clamping forceare to be further extended. Following the 6,000 sqm extension to the St Valentin plantto a total of 68,000 sqm in June 2009, production capacities in Shanghai are now being expanded.The fast revival of the Chinese market after the economic crisis and rapid growth of the Asian large-scale machine market relevant to ENGEL and the growing market share of ENGEL large-scale machines have this year resulted in an extremely high utilisation rate of the Chinese facility. Currently two large-scale machines are being manufactured weekly in Shanghai for delivery to Asian customers. By summer 2011 the plant capacity in Shanghai isto be increased to 200 machines. This expansion is driven by the need to satisfy in particular the growing demand for ENGEL duo large-scale machines in South-East Asia and India. "Production in Shanghai is meanwhile close to capacity limits," says Dr. Peter Neumann, CEO of ENGEL Holdings. "Our goal is to manufacture two hundred large-scale machines annually in Shanghai. The rapidly growing demand for our ENGEL duo machines is encouraging because we are competing daily with Asian manufacturers and in the past few months were able to win over a large number of new customers with our ENGEL duo machines 'Made in China'. "Specifically, we are now planning to expand the Shanghai plant by 9,000 sqm to a total of 17,500 sqm. This will double our production area. Besides doubling the floor space, our plans include the optimisation of existing processes. For example, a separate dispatch area will be built to guarantee efficient packaging and shipping of the large-scale machines. This will boost the efficiency of the final assembly stations.

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