NEWS
Sepro opens in Singapore
Injection moulding robot specialist Sepro Group is opening a sales operation in Singapore to continue the expansion of its business in Asia. This will be run by plastics industry veteran Jimmy Teo, who joined the firm in February. He will also be responsible for the markets in Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. France-based Sepro
had previously opened its Chinese subsidiary in Shanghai in 2011 and has technical service centres there and in Malaysia. In India, sales and service are carried out by Labotek Plastics Auxilia- ries India. The company said that it is also actively seeking distributors or agents in other Asian countries. �
www.sepro-group.com
Wittmann encouraged by upturn in orders
Austrian injection moulding machinery and ancillaries producer Wittmann Group says orders have substan- tially increased from the second half of 2020 onwards and reached a record level in February 2021. Increases have been registered in all markets and sectors. CEO Michael Wittmann said: “Based on the current order backlog and continu- ing very positive order situation, we are looking forward to a two-digit increase in sales for 2021. From today’s point of view, we expect to reach the figure of 2019 once more and maybe even exceed it.” The company noted the availability of parts is a challenge, due to a global upturn in industrial produc- tion.
Wittmann is planning a
major remodelling of its Wittmann Technology HQ in
Planned extension (indicated by arrow) of Wittmann’s Kottingbrunn facility in Austria
Lichtblaustrasse, Vienna in 2021, together with an extension of the building in Percostrasse. The latter involves an extension of the R&D departments in the areas of mechatronics and software development. An additional 1,050 m² of office and test lab space will be created. At its Kottingbrunn
facility, a fully automatic pallet racking system with
about 1,500 pallet bays will be built. For this purpose, the construction of an exten- sion to the existing building to provide about 3,000 m² of additional space will start in May. The extension will house
a separate storage and order picking area, assem- bly space for vertical and large machines and a new electrical workshop. �
www.wittmann-group.com
JL Goor opens Fanuc centre in Ireland
JL Goor, which supplies Fanuc machinery to the Irish market, notably the all-electric Fanuc Roboshot, has installed a new customisation centre in Mullingar. The company said that this will enable it to customise machines for the specific needs of the production facility they are to be installed in. As a result, some Goor employees can be relocated from sub-contractor
Fanuc Roboshot S150iA machine
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premises to the main facility. “We’d previously sub-contracted this type of work, but found that this added an extra stage and we saw an opportunity to streamline the whole process,” said Paul Bryan, General Manager of Sales and Marketing. After getting an order Goor takes a Fanuc a stock machine, which tends to be available in just a few weeks, and then passes it through the customi- sation centre, which cuts the overall lead time for a bespoke injection moulding machine. Fanuc Roboshot injection moulding machines are designed to be customised, he said. �
www.jlgoor.ie �
www.fanuc.eu
www.injectionworld.com
IMAGE: FANUC
IMAGE: WITTMANN
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