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Big growth for Haitian International in 2021


Hong Kong-based injection moulding machinery maker Haitian International has reported a 35.7% increase in sales to RMB 16,018.3m in 2021. The company sold a record 56,000 machines last year, including over 10,000 in export markets. Domestic sales were 33.9% up at RMB 11,088.2m, while overseas sales reached RMB 4,930.1m, 40.1% higher. Haitian added that it “recorded a notable increase” in sales in North America and Southeast Asia and a “steady” increase in Europe and South America. The product mix was


dominated by the Haitian Mars Series, sales of which grew by 33.2% to RMB 10,944.0m in 2021. The Zhafir Electrical Series and the two-platen technology Haitian Jupiter Series both reached all-time highs on the back of the recovery of high-end industries and the automotive sector in China and overseas. Sales of these grew by 44.3% to RMB 2,077.5m and by 54.8% to RMB 2,017.3m, respectively.


TMA to join Engel Group


Above: Chinese machinery giant Haitian International experienced a 35.7% increase in sales in 2021


The company also stated


that it “will drive its corpo- rate and market develop- ment in the future with two headquarters”. In addition to one at Ningbo, construction of a second at Shunde, South China, is on schedule and is expected to start trial production in the second half of 2022. Partly in response to high logistical costs, Haitian will also expand overseas assembly and trade-orient- ed factories into integrated regional centres combining


R&D, manufacturing, assembly, application, sales and service in order to localise production world- wide. Digitisation is another core strategy. “We will promote


standardised production of components while meeting the needs of each market segment and individual customers, based on our product strategy ‘Technol- ogy to the Point’,” said Zhang Bin, Executive Director of Haitian International. � www.haitianinter.com


Injection moulding machinery giant Engel has acquired a majority stake in Poland’s TMA Automa- tion. The two companies had cooperated on customer projects for many years and Engel was seeking to increase its already strong presence in Eastern Europe. “TMA’s technologies perfectly complement Engel’s in-house spectrum of robots and automation components,” said Walter Aumayr, VP of Automation and Peripheral Units. A particular focus for TMA is automating in-mould labelling processes in the medium performance segment. TMA will remain


independent under Engel and founders Marek Łangowski and Piotr Orlikowski will continue to manage it, alongside Aumayr. A site has already been purchased in Gdansk in order to start building a new office and production facility “in the near future”. � www.engelglobal.com


SyBridge buys Advantage Engineering


Michigan-based industrial technology company SyBridge Technologies has made its sixth acquisition in the last 12 months in Advantage Engineering, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Terms were not disclosed. Advantage carries out rapid prototyping and 3D printing in plastic and metal, aluminium tooling production and low-volume plastic injection moulding.


4 INJECTION WORLD | April 2022 SyBridge, which was created by


private equity firm Crestview Partners in 2019, said that this will continue the expansion of its Technology & Services business unit. It will also add online quoting for digital rapid prototyping and 3D printing, such that it can produce a prototype within a few days. Andy Aiton, President of Technology & Services, commented that Sybridge


will now be able to better engage with customers during the product devel- opment phase for the electric vehicle life sciences and consumer markets. “With the addition of bridge tooling capabilities, we can now effectively ‘bridge’ the gap between low and high production volumes,” he said. � www.sybridgetech.com � www.tryadvantage.com


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