Engel joins pre-owned market

Leopold Praher: Looking east

The foundation of Engel Used Machinery sees injection moulding machine man­ufacturer and systems solutions provider Engel extend its portfolio to include pre-owned machines.

 

With Engel as their full-service provider, customers benefit from comprehensive advice from a single source.

 

Besides injection moulding machines, the new company also buys back used robots from the Engel series, refurbishes the products and puts them back on the market.

 

“In some cases, a second-hand production cell is the only option,” said Engel Group CSO Christoph Steger.

 

“We want to offer our cus­tomers a high-quality solution for this requirement, too.”

 

Repurchased injection mould­ing machines and robots are reconditioned in-house at Engel’s production plants in Austria and the Czech Repub­lic, where the newly founded company is headquartered.

 

“Eastern Europe is the largest and fastest growing market for pre-owned injection mould­ing machines”, said Leopold Praher, General Manager of Engel Used Machinery.