Extrusion International USA 3-2019

Extrusion International 3/2019 Further Assembly Plant ILLIG celebrated the official groundbreaking ceremo- ny together with official representatives of the Roma- nian municipalities Sibiu and Șura Mică for the building of ILLIG Maschinenbau S.R.L. on April 4th. The facilities will also include office space and bring 50 jobs to the community. In the industrial park in Șura Mică, 8 kilo- meters northwest of the county capital city of Sibiu, a modern 60,000-m2 assembly plant for high-tech ma- chines is being built. “ILLIG will be building thermoforming machines from its machine program at the new assembly plant, which will enable us to meet the growing market demands,” ex- plains ILLIG Managing Director Dr. Heinrich Sielemann. The company is investing a total of around ten million euros in the new assembly plant, the second of its kind for ILLIG outside Germany. The region of Sibiu is ideal from an infrastructural standpoint with easy access via road, rail and air. The new location Managing Director of ILLIG Ma- schinenbau S.R.L, Mihai Talabă, is happy with the invest- ment from the German parent company: “This invest- ment will mean 50 new skilled labor positions for the people of the region in the first step. We already have ten employees who are currently receiving training at ILLIG headquarters in Heilbronn, Germany.” ILLIG Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG www.illig.de ILLIG celebrated the official groundbreaking ceremony together with official representatives of the Romanian municipalities Sibiu and Șura Mică for the building of ILLIG Maschinenbau S.R.L. Ideal for every use. Hassle-free consistent dosing GRAVIPLUS motan-colortronic gmbh - info@motan-colortronic.de www.motan-colortronic.com