Engel Holding GmbH

Two of the giant injection molding machines installed at the Infiltrator Water Technologies LLC plant in Winchester, Ky., are the largest presses ever built at the St. Valentin, Austria, plant of Engel Austria GmbH.

With demand growing for robots and integrated system solutions, injection molding machine manufacturer Engel Group is spending 11 million euros ($11.6 million) to update and expand its plant in Dietach, Austria.

"The labor pool is tight and there aren't enough qualified people for all of us. We need to grow our own," Terri Fanz-Falzone, Engel North America's vice president of human resources, said.

Graduates in the training program tweaked for North America get paid, earn nationally recognized journeyman's certificate and receive a full-time job offer from Engel upon completion.

Stefan Engleder: "We are continuing to invest in photovoltaics and projects are underway to reduce compressed air consumption and recover heat from production processes."

Vanessa Malena succeeds Mark Sankovitch, who will remain with the company as regional president of Engel in North America.

Paul Caprio has left York, Pa.-based Engel Machinery Inc., where he had been president since January 2020.

Strong sales of injection molding machines continued into 2021 with solid demand again from the medical and home goods markets as well as businesses bringing back production from overseas — and it's almost all in response to the pandemic.

Christoph Steger, chief sales officer of the Engel Group, spoke at the Fakuma trade show Oct. 12 and had a message that was optimistic yet cautious.