Bühler and ENGEL establishing new standards in the automotive industry

As technology leaders in die-casting solutions, which includes aluminium and also plastics machinery manufacturing, Bühler and ENGEL are setting benchmarks for trends in the automotive world. Increasing demand from the automotive industry for larger and more complex parts requires new production processes and presents challenges for the customers of both companies. Bühler and ENGEL create synergies that lead to innovations - such as the mega-casting solution from Bühler, Carat 840, which is being presented at the Bühler Open House event at ENGEL.

The global automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the need for more sustainable mobility. It is essential to find the correct answers to the challenges this poses.

Bühler and ENGEL play a crucial role in shaping this transformation. The fundamental pillars are energy efficiency in production, new drive concepts, flexibility in design and production, and significant weight reduction. Lightweight materials such as plastics and aluminium will continue gaining importance in developing new solutions. Achieving these goals requires new technologies, new processes, and successful cooperation.

The Austrian machine builder ENGEL is one of the world's largest manufacturers of injection moulding machines, while the Swiss technology group Bühler is one of the world's leading suppliers of die-casting solutions. With over 90 years of experience manufacturing equipment for aluminium and magnesium die casting, Bühler is deeply rooted in the industry and combines a spirit of innovation with the experience gained from thousands of applications.

One of ENGEL's core competencies is constructing large-scale injection moulding machines with clamping forces of 5,000 tonnes and above. As an innovation leader in injection moulding processes, the company is driving advances in this field.

Together, the two companies create solutions with added value that enable customers in the automotive industry and beyond to keep pace with the latest developments.

"We are very proud of our successful and cooperative partnership with Bühler for 30 years. We are united by the same values and goals as globally operating family-owned companies. By building on this, we can leverage synergies and drive innovation faster. The Bühler Open House event at the ENGEL plant in St. Valentin, including the presentation of the Carat 840, clearly demonstrates this," says Stefan Engleder, CEO of the Engel Group.

The joint event is also an essential signal for Stefan Scheiber, CEO of the Bühler Group. "We are honoured to be ENGEL's guests. And we are very proud of the good partnership between us over the last three decades, from which we have mutually benefitted and together achieved success. We are also very pleased that we will be able to present our Carat 840 and the associated future-oriented direction for many areas of the automotive industry."

Bühler and ENGEL have been working together in die-casting for decades. ENGEL builds the closing units for the mega-casting systems developed by Bühler. ENGEL's vast know-how in constructing large-scale machines complements the innovative solutions offered by Bühler.

New die-casting solutions are made possible by exploiting the synergies in the two companies different core competencies. "The implementation of the closing units for the largest machines in Bühler's portfolio at present − the Bühler Carat 920, which was built in our ENGEL plant in Asia, and the Bühler Carat 840 in St. Valentin − are milestones which we are very proud of," said Stefan Engleder and Franz Füreder, Vice President Automotive & Mobility at ENGEL, underlining the importance of the cooperation with Bühler.

Cornel Mendler, Managing Director of Die Casting at Bühler, agrees. For him, the presentation of the two companies together sends a strong signal. "By cooperating with ENGEL and jointly pursuing innovative solutions for the future together, we can create great and compelling solutions − the Carat 840 is a symbol of this."

The fact that these two significant players present themselves together on the market is a precise positioning and highlights the excellent and long-standing partnership.

Customers of both companies will be able to see the partnership's success for themselves at the Bühler "Mega-casting unveiled" Open House and the ENGEL Mobility Days. They can also experience the Carat 840 up close and learn more about Bühler and ENGEL's core competencies at various presentations.