Sustainability Report 2023

ENGEL
Sustainability Report 2023
03/ The company
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The company
Foundation and history
ENGEL is a global leader in engineering and
injection moulding machines. We offer complete
solutions for all types of plastic applications,
innovative technologies, robotics and bespoke
system solutions – all from a single source. The
success story began many decades ago with
the vision of Ludwig Engel.
How it all began
Ludwig Engel already saw the massive potential
of plastics shortly after he founded the
company in 1945. The fact that ENGEL has remained
a highly successful, family-owned
business until today makes us proud of our
company. Our company’s history is a success
story: our employees make an essential contribution
to this achievement, and they are the
ones continuing to write the story of our company
with their passion and commitment, day
in and day out. The company would like to
express its deep gratitude to all of its highly
appreciated team members.
In the years following its formation, ENGEL
developed the first plastic press, which was
patented in 1948. The first injection moulding
machine, which is today’s main line of business,
was launched in 1951, followed by a
complete ENGEL range of injection moulding
machines in 1959. The 1970s saw ENGEL introducing
standard electrical controls, opening
its first branch in a foreign country, and building
the first production factory outside of Austria.
The foundation for our expansion into international
markets was laid.
As a family-owned company, we know very
well that standstill is not an option and that we
must keep with the times in order to safeguard
our position as a successful market player.
This lead to the development and production of
linear robots, which started in 1980 in the Austrian
town of Dietach. The decade-long commitment
of numerous ENGEL generations did
pay off: in 2013, ENGEL became world market
leader, with production facilities in Austria, the
Czech Republic, Germany, China and Korea.
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“We want to assure that
the generations to follow in our
footsteps will benefit from the
foundations laid by us today.”
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As a family-owned company, sustainability
is one of our top priorities. We want to assure
that the generations to follow in our footsteps
will benefit from the foundations laid by us today.
In 2019, this lead to ENGEL becoming a
signatory of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s
New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
The commitment paid off: In 2020, Bloomberg
added ENGEL to the group of the world’s 50
most sustainable and climate-aware companies.
Management Board
• Stefan Engleder (CEO)
• Gerhard Stangl (CPO)
• Simon Zeilberger (CFO)
• Gerhard Dimmler (CTO)
Fundamental principles
Our company is driven by the pioneering
development and production of injection mould-
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