ENGEL opens subsidiary in Japan

ENGEL Austria announcened the establishment of a new sales and service subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese market continues to gain importance for ENGEL, according to Gero Willmeroth, Regional President East Asia and Oceania. Mr. Willmeroth stressed that innovative processing technologies and the digitalisation of injection molding processes are key issues for plastics processors, and the subsidiary in Japan allows ENGEL to better support its customers in these particularly consulting-intensive topics and to respond more quickly and flexibly to local requirements.

 

ENGEL has worked together with the trading company Correns Corporation in Japan for many years. Customers have been personally informed about the change over the past few weeks. The Managing Director of ENGEL Japan KK is Yuji Takeda, who brings experience with ENGEL injection molding machines and technologies to his new position. His job began on 1 October 2019. In addition to a service technician, he has an assistant on board. In the second quarter of this year, a service technician from ENGEL in Austria will move to Japan to accompany the development of the subsidiary during the first few years.

 

Customers in Japan include both small local businesses and large corporations. In particular, international companies with headquarters in Japan will benefit from the new structure. With more than 30 subsidiaries, ENGEL has a worldwide presence and can support its customers in international projects with its own employees who have direct access to the entire company know-how.

 

                                                           Mr. Yuji Takeda, Managing Director, ENGEL Japan

                      

 

On-site production and know-how in Asia

ENGEL currently produces the entire range of machines in three plants in Asia and operates an own automation center on site. For customers in Asia, this ensures short delivery times and flexible adaptation of the products to the specific requirements of the region. ENGEL also develops highly integrated and automated system solutions with local know-how. In many cases, this speeds up project planning.

 

Since it was founded in 1945, ENGEL has been 100 percent family-owned and independent of external investors. This has provided stability and a dependable long-term perspective. The ENGEL Group generated sales of 1.6 billion euros in the 2018/19 financial year and employs approximately 6,900 staff worldwide.