EVENT REVIEW | FAKUMA 2021
Above: Engel’s Injection 4.0 display on its Fakuma stand
great strength and the investment backlog has cleared,” said Christoph Steger, CSO of the Engel Group, at the end of the event in Friedrichshafen. “Even if the corona pandemic is still preventing some from traveling, the Engel booth was well attended. We had very good discussions, complet- ed numerous projects and launched new ones.” Visitors came from all sectors including strong
representation from medical technology, packag- ing and technical injection moulding. At Engel’s press conference at Fakuma, Steger said the group expects to increase its order intake by around 30% year-on-year by the end of its fiscal year in March 2022. “This will allow us to close the 2021/22 fiscal year with sales close to the pre-crisis level,” he said. In the previous fiscal year, Engel Group generated a turnover of €1.1bn, while in the 2019/20 fiscal year the figure was €1.3bn. However, the outlook still has major uncertain-
ties, according to Engel. Risk factors include material bottlenecks, massive increases in raw material prices and the continuing Covid pandem- ic. The company’s biggest challenge at the moment is delivery bottlenecks in raw materials and components. It said: “Due to Covid-19 and the shift in consumption trends as a result of the pandemic, semiconductors in particular have become scarce on the market. This is aggravated by an increase in demand following the end of the lockdowns, which cannot be met by current supplies. Steel and steel products are following a similar trend.” But Steger reassured Engel customers. “Thanks to our very good cooperation with our suppliers and our global network of plants, we can largely avoid delays in delivery, though,” he said. Boy said after the end of Fakuma 2021 that despite a slightly lower number of visitors at this year’s event, it was “highly satisfied”. Andreas Scheideler, Domestic Sales Manager, said: “We had
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discussions of high quality and with good pros- pects. Many interesting projects could be initiated at Fakuma 2021 which offer great potential for the future.” Thomas Breiden, Marketing Manager at Boy, said: “Our success at Fakuma 2021 makes it clear that visitors want to experience an injection moulding machine live and have intensive techni- cal discussions on site. A virtual trade fair simply can’t offer that.” In addition to Boy’s four machine-centred demonstrations (see Injection World October 2021), the group had two further premieres. One of these was an electro-mechanical ejector (for Boy 50 E to 125 E machines) with a function independent of the main drive of the injection moulding machine and high dynamics as well as exact path positioning with synchronisation of ejector and handling movement. The second debut was a cooling water distribu-
tion feature with electronic flow rate recording (plus the option of a temperature display with process data monitoring). The set flow rate is digitally recorded, displayed on the machine display and monitored. The company added: “A new operating option via voice input provoked a high demand potential among the visitors. Many asked for information on possibilities and advantages of a voice control of injection moulding machines. This could be demonstrated with a demo control on the Boy trade fair booth.” Arburg’s partners and managing directors
expressed their support for the Fakuma show during the company’s press conference. The company’s theme “The best of both worlds” combined major topics of the future: digitalisation as well as sustainability and resource conservation, along with Arburg’s aim of increasing customers’ production efficiency and making them future- proof in the long term. Christoph Schumacher, Director Marketing at
Arburg, summed up the company’s pre-show expectations: “After a long time with no major inter- national in-person trade fair in Europe, we travelled to Friedrichshafen with a great deal of joy and excitement, and were hoping for a Fakuma that was as ‘normal’ as possible.” He said that, during the exhibition, “our expecta-
tions were more than met: the quality of the trade visitors and their interest in our exhibits and innova- tions was very high. Many decision-makers came to our stand to discuss specific projects.” Arburg says it had the largest trade fair stand and many new products on display at Fakuma
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