Engel Group subsidiary TMA Automation Sp. z o.o. has begun constructing of a model new office and manufacturing setting up near the Gdansk Airport in Poland. Engel acquired a majority stake in TMA Automation in 2022. In a launch, the company says the model new setting up in Gdansk will “intensify the collaboration” between the two entities. TMA Automation stays energetic on the market as an unbiased mannequin, and whereas its founders Marek Łangowski and Piotr Orlikowski will proceed to deal with the enterprise, Walter Aumayr was named VP for postmerger integration of the Engel Group and managing director at TMA Automation. On this place, Engel says Aumayr will “complement the native administration employees and strengthen the connection to the Engel Group.”
A digital rendering of TMA Automation’s new facility to open in Gdansk, Poland. Provide: Engel
The model new setting up is part of an development approach for TMA Automation, which incorporates a doubling of the company’s workforce. TMA manufactures custom-made automation methods for Japanese Europe, specializing in rising and placing in custom-made methods concentrating on in-mold labeling (IML), side-entry robots, palletizing and stand-alone assembly.
An Engel spokesperson declined to share the size of the model new facility or its affect on functionality in Poland nonetheless did say that, counting on the course of enterprise, Engel will step-by-step improve the number of employees (which is presently at 40), along with the aptitude, with the concept this development will make it doable to finally double the number of employees and turnover.
Engel notes that its collaboration with TMA inside the space began prolonged sooner than the Austrian agency acquired a majority stake in 2022. The model new setting up is anticipated to be completed by autumn 2025. TMA was primarily based in 2010 in Gdynia, Poland, roughly 15 miles from the Gdansk Airport.