History

Milestones of ENGEL's success story

1945 Formation of the company by Ludwig Engel
1948 First plastic press
1952 First injection moulding machine
1959 First complete machine line

1965 Irene and Georg Schwarz take over ENGEL's management
1968 Electronic machine control becomes standard
1972 First subsidiary abroad in Danmark
1977-1979 ENGEL Canada Inc. is established as first production facility abroad 

1980 The development and production of linear robots starts
1986 Hongkong becomes first ENGEL subsidiary in Asia
1988 Opening of the large capacity machine plant in St. Valentin, Austria
1989 Opening of the large capacity machine plant in York, USA

1990 Introduction of the tie-bar-less machine line
1995 Introduction of the ENGEL duo machine line
1998 Presentation of the first all electric tie-bar-less machine
2001 Opening of the production plant in Pyungtaek-City, Korea

2002 Flood catastrophe in Schwertberg
2004 Introduction of the ENGEL speed machine line
2007 Opening of the large capacity machine plant in Shanghai, China