GERMANY – According to preliminary figures, in the 2019 financial year, the Homag Group sales summed up to € 1,279 million (previous year: € 1,298 million).

ITALY – The Biesse Board of Directors approved on February 21 the Three Years Business Plan for the period 2020-2022.

GERMANY – The co-founder of the HOMAG Group, Mr. Gerhard Schuler, passed away peacefully at home on February 23, 2020, accompanied by his family.

GERMANY / EGYPT- In December, the Egyptian company Wood Technology Co. (WOTECH) placed a milestone project regarding “Green Technology” to Siempelkamp.

GERMANY – Dieffenbacher has purchased a financial stake in APPbyYOU GmbH, the company that developed the MyMessenger ticket and messaging app, a key component of the MyDieffenbacher digital service platform introduced at last year’s Ligna in Hannover.

Scm Group ended 2019 with a turnover in excess of € 700 million

ITALY – The Scm Group ended 2019 with a turnover in excess of 700 million Euro, in line with 2018’s record figures and on budget for the year.

GERMANY – Altendorf GmbH convinced a 12-member jury with its novel safety system for sliding table saws in the category “Industry and Crafts”.

ITALY – The Biesse Board of Directors – held on December 20th in the corporate offices in Pesaro – analyzed the Chinese demand evolution, even in consideration of the recent tensions and the political-economic international context.

GERMANY – Eppingen-based machine and plant manufacturer Dieffenbacher is successfully withstanding the general global economic weakness through its focus on sustainable technologies.

THAILAND – At the end of October, Metro, one of the leading Thai wood-based material producers, affirmed its commitment to Siempelkamp with an order for a new forming and press line of an MDF plant in the city of Kanchanburi.

GERMANY – The Homag Group is celebrating the “Factory of the Year 2019” award in the ‘Outstanding small series production’ category presented to Homag Plattenaufteiltechnik GmbH at the Holzbronn location.

ITALY – The “On the Leading EDGEBanding” event organized by SCM at its production site in Thiene (Vicenza) from 7 to 9 November came to a close on a high note with a significant turnout from all over the world (Europe, China, the Far East and South America) and key large-scale reknown international furniture producers who came to see for themselves the new SCM “batch 1” and Industry 4.0 flexible industrial edgebanding systems, which held center stage during the event.