Smart Molding International 2-2024

20 smart_molding international 2/2024 machinery fewer personnel. They help ENGEL's customers to work more productively and at the same time reduce their dependence on qualified labour. Local presence and customer proximity ENGEL's investments in local production and service centres were also highlighted at the trade fair. With assembly plants and service centres in North America, ENGEL is demonstrating its proximity to its customers. These centres play a crucial role in providing fast and efficient responses to customer needs. The location in York, Pennsylvania, serves as a key point for the assembly of customer-specific solutions. The office and technology centre in Corona, California, have been modernised and a new plant is being built in Queretaro, Mexico, whose capacity will benefit not only North American but also South American customers. Customer-focused portfolio of fast delivery stock machines Many of ENGEL's pre-configured machines and robots are immediately available, emphasising ENGEL's commitment to fast and efficient solutions. This comprehensive offer of stock machines covers a wide range of applications and enables ENGEL's customers to respond quickly to their own customers' demands. ENGEL's commitment to innovation and quality is unrivalled. With a tradition of almost 80 years in the plastics industry and an extensive patent portfolio, ENGEL remains a reliable partner for its global customers. Continuous investment in research and development secures ENGEL's position at the forefront of technology development in the plastics processing industry. The trade fair success at NPE2024 has impressively confirmed this. About ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH ENGEL is one of the world's leading manufacturers of plastics processing machinery. Today, as a single-source provider, 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 together with automation, but also individual components which are competitive and successful in the market. With ten production plants in Europe, North America and Asia (China and Korea) as well as subsidiaries and representatives in more than 85 countries, ENGEL offers its customers worldwide the optimum support which they need to compete and succeed with new technologies and leading-edge production systems. ENGEL www.engelglobal.com Quick mould change system with a tie-bar-less ENGEL victory 330/85 at NPE 2024