Good figures for Weinig at Ligna 2019

Jun 17, 2019 | Technology Manufacturers | 0 comments

GERMANY – The Weinig Group achieved a good result at the world’s leading trade fair for the sector in Hanover. A total of 273 machines and systems of the two brands Weinig and Holz-Her were sold.

837WEINIG The ambitious order inflow targets were exceeded. Compared to Ligna 2017, an increase of around 20 percent was achieved. The Weinig Group received orders from 29 countries. At the 5,000 m2 stand of this leading technology provider for solid wood and panel processing, experts from 92 countries informed themselves about the complete range during the five-day event.

The professional audience very well received the many new products, in particular in the area of systems engineering. At Ligna, a complex plant could be seen live in action, illustrating the competence across the entire value chain of solid wood processing. In addition to the traditional magnets planning, profiling and cutting, Weinig recorded a remarkable demand in the jointing technology segment. The solutions in timber construction also met with great interest. The Concept business unit registered a number of high-caliber enquiries in the CLT area.

In the Forum, the Weinig Group concentrated on the trends of today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Central topics were digitization, automation and networking. Here Weinig was able to convince interested parties with its customer-oriented range of solutions tailored to the individual requirements.

75 journalists from all over the world attended the Weinig press conference on the first day of the fair. CEO Gregor Baumbusch presented good figures. Contrary to the rather weak trend in the industry, the Weinig Group achieved the best first quarterly result in the company’s history in the Ligna year. Compared to the same period of the previous year, order inflow increased by 5.9% and sales by 8.7%.

“The outlook for this year has been very positive to date,” said the CEO.

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