Engel Austria

Engel Austria GmbH
Company typeGmbH (100% family-owned)[1]
IndustryInjection moulding machinery
Founded1945 by Ludwig Engel[2]
Headquarters
Schwertberg[3]
,
Austria
Key people
Stefan Engleder (CEO), Simon Zeilberger (CFO), Gerhard Dimmler (CTO), Gerhard Stangl (CPO)
ProductsInjection moulding machines, automation systems
Revenue€1.5 billion (2024/25)[2]
Number of employees
7,000 (2025)
Websitewww.engelglobal.com

Engel Austria GmbH (stylized as ENGEL AUSTRIA) is an Austrian manufacturer of injection moulding machines and associated automation systems headquartered in Schwertberg, Upper Austria.

Operations

Engel employs approximately 7,000 people worldwide. The machines produced in its Austrian plants are almost exclusively for export; the export rate was approximately 95 percent in the 2024/25 fiscal year. Major customers include large automotive manufacturers and suppliers in Germany. Engel offers injection moulding machines as well as integrated and automated production cells for processing thermoplastics, thermosets, and elastomers.[2][4][5]

Since its founding in 1945, Engel Austria has remained entirely family-owned.[1]

History

The company was founded in 1945 by Ludwig Engel, a Danube Swabian, as a locksmith shop in Schwertberg.[6][7] From 1948, it began manufacturing punching machines for processing leather and other materials. In 1951, the company built its first injection moulding machine featuring a hand-lever clamping unit and water-hydraulic drive injection.[8]

Following the founder's death, his daughter Irene and her husband Georg Schwarz took over management, continuing the company's international expansion. By 1970, the number of foreign representations had increased to forty locations.[9]

In the late 1980s, the large machine plant in St. Valentin was opened, enabling the production of machines with a clamping force exceeding 3,000 tons.[10] In 1997, Peter Neumann took over operational management. Under his leadership, Engel expanded significantly into Asia, establishing new production plants in China and South Korea, as well as the secondary brand Wintec.[11] In 2000, the supplier plant in Kaplice, Czech Republic, was opened.[12] On January 1, 2024, the subsidiary "Technische Informationssysteme" (TIG) was fully integrated.[13]

Locations

Engel operates ten production plants across Europe, North America, and Asia, with subsidiaries and representatives in over 85 countries.[4][14]

Production Plants

  • Engel Austria GmbH, Schwertberg, Austria: Headquarters and main production plant.
  • Engel Austria GmbH, St. Valentin, Austria: Production of large-scale machinery[15] .
  • Engel Austria GmbH, Dietach, Austria: Production of automation systems and components.
  • Engel Strojirenska s.r.o., Kaplice, Czech Republic: Supplier plant.
  • Engel Machinery Inc., York, USA: Production of large-scale machinery.
  • Engel Machinery Korea Ltd., Pyeongtaek, South Korea: Production of injection moulding machines.
  • Engel Automatisierungstechnik Deutschland GmbH, Hagen, Germany: Automation systems.
  • Engel Machinery Shanghai Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China: Production of large-scale machinery.
  • Engel Machinery (Changzhou) Co. Ltd., Changzhou, China: Production of small and medium machines (Engel and Wintec brands).
  • Engel Machinery México, S.A. DE C.V., Mexico: Production of all-electric small machines and hydraulic two-platen large machines.

References

  1. ^ a b "About Engel Austria". 19 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "ENGEL Company Data". 19 February 2026.
  3. ^ "ENGEL Imprint". 19 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b "injection moulding solution - ENGEL". 19 February 2026.
  5. ^ "ENGEL Austria company profile". 19 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Wie Kriegsflüchtlinge Oberösterreich veränderten". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  7. ^ "ENGEL: der steile Weg nach oben". meinbezirk.at. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  8. ^ "Seniorchefs von Engel verstorben". Plastverarbeiter.org. Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  9. ^ "Georg Schwarz: Das Ehepaar Schwarz formte den Weltkonzern Engel". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  10. ^ "Geschichte". Stadtgemeinde St. Valentin. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  11. ^ "Silbernes Ehrenzeichen des Landes für Engel-Holding-Vorsitzenden Dr. Peter Neumann". Land Oberösterreich. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  12. ^ "Großer Besucherandrang bei ENGEL in Kaplice". ENGEL Global. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  13. ^ "Der one stop shop für digitale Lösungen: ENGEL integriert Softwarehaus TIG". ENGEL (in German). 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  14. ^ "ENGEL Locations". 19 February 2026.
  15. ^ "ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH has expanded its technical center in St. Valentin". 19 February 2026.
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