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15.12.2008

ENGEL's duo pico Combines Strength With Small Footprint

ENGEL North America’s new duo pico injection molding machine is the fastest two-platen machine on the market, providing the strength and power of a much larger machine…in a small footprint.

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11.11.2008

Pittsburg State University Receives ENGEL e-motion Donation

ENGEL North America has donated an e-motion injection molding machine to the respected Plastics Engineering Technology program of Pittsburg State University (PSU), Pittsburg, Kansas. It will be incorporated into several undergraduate and graduate technology programs.

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16.10.2008

Nypro's Joe Cates Wins More Than a New TV in ENGEL Drawing

When Joe Cates visited the ENGEL North America Web site, he was looking for more information about the company’s new e-max injection molding machine. In addition to the information he sought, he left the site with a new 42-inch high-definition television as winner of the ENGEL drawing for Web site visitors.

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14.10.2008

ENGEL Canada Donates e-motion to Ontario's St. Clair College

ENGEL Canada Inc. has donated an e-motion 200 / 110 all electric injection molding machine to the St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The e-motion will be used by students in the Schools of Engineering / Technology and Skilled Trades.

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08.10.2008

Alberto Meade Named General Manager of ENGEL de Mexico

Alberto Meade Garcia has been named the new general manager of ENGEL de Mexico, bringing extensive product and sales expertise to a significant Mexican plastic injection molding machine market.

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23.09.2008

ENGEL e-max Combines Energy Savings & Zero Percent Financing

There are even more reasons for molders to add the new ENGEL e-max to their plants. In addition to its superior performance and energy efficiency, the new e-max is being offered, for a limited time, with zero percent financing.

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19.06.2008

ENGEL's New e-max Combines Innovation With Efficiency

ENGEL North America announces the introduction of its newest all-electric injection molding machine. The new ENGEL e-max offers the highest levels of performance, precision and flexibility in a cost-effective package that fits a small industrial footprint.

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03.03.2008

ENGEL North America Adds Sales Specialist to Wisconsin Region

ENGEL North America has added Stephen L. Lovell Plastics Sales Ltd. to strengthen its sales support in Wisconsin and further support the U.S. Midwest region. The announcement was made by Jim Moran, VP Sales with ENGEL North America.

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07.05.2008

ENGEL Symposium to Present Trends & Technologies in Medical Molding

New developments in all aspects of medical injection molding will be the subject of a two-day technical symposium presented June 18 and 19 by ENGEL North America.

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05.05.2008

Microcellular Foaming Changes Molding Paradigm

Advancements in microcellular foam molding are changing the actual design of plastic products, according to participants in a recent technical symposium, “New Directions in Microcellular Technology: Moving Beyond Cycle Time and Weight Reduction.” The symposium was hosted by ENGEL North America and Trexel, Inc.

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14.07.2008

Two New Members Join ENGEL North America's Rubber and Silicone Molding Team

ENGEL North America is pleased to welcome Jim Chiofolo and Steve Broadbent to the ENGEL sales team, specializing in rubber and liquid silicone molding applications.

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11.07.2008

Largest ENGEL Injection Molding Machine Installed in U.S. Facility

ENGEL North America has completed installation of its largest injection molding machine in the U.S. – the first of two ENGEL duo 45050/4400 US machines to be placed in the Winchester, Kent., plant of Infiltrator® Systems, Inc. Between its two plants, this environmental onsite wastewater solutions company operates a large number of ENGEL injection molding machines.

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10.04.2008

ENGEL North America Adds Sales Group to Midwest Region

ENGEL North America continues to strengthen its North American sales support efforts with the addition of Gem City Plastic Machinery, Inc. The announcement was made by Jim Moran, ENGEL North America vice president of sales.

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06.02.2008

New Representative to Support ENGEL de Mexico

Miguel A. Vivas, Mav Maquinaria Ind., S.A. de C.V. will join the ENGEL North America sales network, providing support to customers in Northeast Mexico.

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07.05.2008

ENGEL and Trexel To Present Microcellular Molding Symposium

New Directions in Microcellular Technology, a two-day technical symposium, will be presented March 11 and 12 by ENGEL North America and Trexel, Inc. at ENGEL’s Technical Center in York, PA.

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29.01.2008

ENGEL e-factory: Transparency from Plant Floor to Corporate Network

ENGEL’s new e-factory modular software package coordinates injection molding production with data acquisition to create a plant-wide network for assuring the highest level of quality, productivity and efficiency within the plant setting.

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10.12.2007

ENGEL Introduces Liquid Silicone Micro Molding

ENGEL North America’s liquid silicone micro molding system offers the precision of an electric injection unit combined with a 12 mm specially designed LSR screw and check disc assembly and the flexibility of a tiebarless clamp design. The new system with integrated automation, will be featured in ENGEL’s exhibit at Plastec West, Jan 29-31, 2008, in Anaheim, Calif.

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29.11.2007

ENGEL's 'Direct Connection' Adds Sales Specialists to Midwest Region

ENGEL North America has strengthened its Midwest sales support team with the addition of two new representative companies, Mirocke Sales Corp. and Scott Equipment Sales. They join Mark Sankovitch, new Midwest regional sales manager, in providing expanded customer support throughout the region.

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20.09.2007

ENGEL's North American Sales Team Grows Stronger

Larry Alvey has joined ENGEL’s North American technical sales organization as Regional Sales Manager for the Ohio Valley and Michigan territory. ENGEL now provides direct sales support to every region of North America – part of our continued commitment to provide focused technical expertise to better serve injection molding companies in the local areas.

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05.09.2007

Always Close By

ENGEL is pleased to announce the addition of two new Regional Sales Managers – Steve Craig and Mark Sankovitch -- to our North American sales team.

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18.07.2007

ENGEL introduces all-electric machine technology to traditional rubber molding.

Engel’s all-electric tiebarless machine with a fully integrated 6-axis robot will be displayed at the Rubber Expo 2007, processing an original application with Viton® fluoroelastomer. The Engel e-motion 310/110 US machine will run a 64 cavity valve-gated mold, with in-mold slitting.

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17.05.2007

New CEO for ENGEL North America

Beginning in June 2007 Stephan G. (Steve) Braig will be appointed CEO of ENGEL North America. Steve Braig has 25 years experience with capital equipment and machinery in the packaging, automotive and injection moulding industries. This change marks the beginning of a new business strategy for the North American market.

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23.02.2007

The new ENGEL speed -- a fast-cycling injection molding machine line

To meet the challenge of the molding industry to continually produce parts faster, with the highest quality, the ENGEL SPEED line has been introduced. This new line of fast cycling machines (ranging from 135 to 650 metric tons) is being exhibited at the Plast-Ex 2007 show in sizes of 200 and 310 US tons.

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15.01.2007

Bright Plastics Takes Delivery of ENGEL all-electric press

Custom injection molder Bright Plastics Inc. recently took delivery of an all-electric ENGEL E-MOTION 60 ton press at their newly acquired 67,000 square foot facility in Greensboro, North Carolina

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07.11.2007

Record number of visitors at the ENGEL booth

Schwertberg/Austria - October 2007. With the motto „Engineering the future” injection moulding machine manufacturer ENGEL presented itself on the K-fair in Düsseldorf. With great success.

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11.09.2007

ENGEL Subsidiary Opens New Facility in Poland

Schwertberg / Austria, September 2007 – ENGEL inaugurated its new Sales and Service Centre in Warsaw 11 September 2007. The new facility will help ENGEL to offer its customers in Poland faster project planning and application technology consultancy, as well as comprehensive service. 200 Polish customers and partners, the owning family and Engel's executive board all took part in the inauguration ceremony.

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31.10.2007

ENGEL: 3000th multiple component machine handed over

Radevormwald/Germany – September 2007. Manufacturing of multiple component injection moulding machines has been part of ENGEL’s core business since the 1960s. A very special event was celebrated just recently: the delivery of the 3000th multiple component machine to Gira Giersiepen GmbH & Co. KG. in Radevormwald, Germany.

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31.10.2007

Manufacturing capacity strongly expanded

Schwertberg/Austria – October 2007. With the expansion of their works for large-scale machines in St. Valentin, the Austrian manufacturer of injection moulding machines ENGEL are continuing to invest in the central location of Austria.

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26.10.2007

ENGEL HL-Award 2007

On 25 October, the 2007 ENGEL HL Awards were presented within the framework of the K 2007 in Düsseldorf. Companies that use ENGEL injection moulding machines with tie bar-less clamping units and that apply the concept in an especially innovative and economic manner were honoured. Gold, silver and bronze went to Hirtenberger Automotive Safety AG in Hirtenberg (Austria), ZKW Slovakia s.r.o. in Krusovce (Slovakia) and plastic concept GmbH in Neusalza-Spremberg (Germany).

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31.10.2007

ENGEL builds 2-colour injection-moulding compounder

Schwertberg/Austria – October 2007. Improved mechanical properties of the final product as well as significant savings in material costs and energy. These are just a few of the advantages of injection-moulding compounding. ENGEL, in co-operation with the Nuremberg-based extrusion specialist Leistritz, have now developed a 2-colour injection-moulding compounder.

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31.10.2007

ENGEL strengthen market appearance in Brasil

Schwertberg/Austria – October 2007. In order to strengthen its market appearance in Brazil, ENGEL founded their own sales office in Sao Paulo on 17 October 2007. Starting on 1 January 2008, this will be managed by a new manager from the plastics industry who also has market experience.

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31.10.2007

Dolphin Process: Serial Production as of 2010

The patented Dolphin Process, which was introduced at the Schwertberg, Austria-based injection moulding machine manufacturer's Spring Symposium 2006 is approaching maturity for serial production. Dolphin was demonstrated to the experts by automotive supplier Johnson Controls at this year’s IAA in Frankfurt, Germany, within the scope of a feasibility study.

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